“You have turned my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.” Psalm 30:11 Can you picture anyone going from a state of mourning, which normally involves death, to an euphoric state – to the point one would start dancing? Sounds very radical, almost as science would call: Bipolar. […]
Ephesians 2:8-9 – For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Not only do we all need God’s grace, but grace in itself has many positive effects on our behavior: we extend grace to the poor […]
Hebrews 13:15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. Under the Law of Moses, Israelites had to take the best and spotless animals from their herds to offer as sacrifices. Our first lesson: this animal had the potential to […]
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness Isaiah 43:18-19 A Handful of us either dwell on the glories or the sorrows of the past, somehow the happenings of […]
Psalm 18:39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. Ever wondered how do soldiers feel when they are at the battlefield? Movies generally show us that they are without fear, without stress and maybe even without feelings. But there’s more to […]
Revelation 21:4 “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” One of the difficult things about life on this earth is that we will have trouble (John 16:33). But in […]
Jeremiah 17:14 – “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.” In these times of pandemic, who hasn’t asked for healing, or for a prayer for someone to be healed? Sickness is really a very sad circumstance we and our loved ones […]
1 Peter 2:24 – “Who himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed.” Today is “Good Friday”, and not everyone understands why it is “good”. Good Friday is good because of everything our Good Jesus did […]
2 Corinthians 3:17– “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” When we stare at a scenery covered by fog, no matter how much we strain our eyes to focus and see the view, it is impossible to see through that heavy layer that covers what […]
Romans 8:38 – “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,” We know from the various letters written by the Apostle Paul that he endured many hardships few of us believers would not – and will not have to endure. When […]
