Matthew 5:8: Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. Some people give generously to others, they pray, and read the Bible regularly, they speak in the sweetest of tones, and look to make friends everywhere there go. However, they still wonder why their prayers are not answered or why they are […]
Habakkuk 2:4 – “Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.” “Pride goes before destruction”.(Proverbs 16:18) Pride separates us from God, it is self-serving, self-seeking, it points to one’s self achievements, it produces a puffed up soul. Pride distorts reality and can give the proud […]
Lamentations 3:24 – “The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I hope in Him.” In verse 17 of Lamentations 3, the prophet says that he has been deprived of peace. Unfortunately all of us have gone through some hardship; have been afflicted; have been mistreated; suffered emotional harm; and have similarly been deprived of […]
1 Peter 5:6-7 – “Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty had of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” Being humble through the eyes of God, is not the same as being humble through the eyes of men — in the same way […]
Psalm 119:171 – “My lips shall utter praise, for You teach me Your statutes.” How beautiful that the Psalmist can’t stop praising his Creator, and acknowledges that the Law of the Lord is his delight. He wants his lips and his tongue to sing of God’s word. In Aramaic the word “utter” means “to pour forth […]
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.James 1:22 (KJV) In the above verse, James the apostle is encouraging all of us to replicate God`s word through our actions and our way of life. He is stressing on the importance of doing God`s word and not just […]
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5 Our Lord Jesus when asked as to what the great commandment was, He replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:36–37). Knowing God should be our first priority because we cannot love someone we don’t know. The […]
Colossians 3:2 – Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. The Bible in this verse is telling us to fix our minds on Godly things and not earthly things. We are now believers and children of God and have been born again. With this, we have moved away from our past […]
Joel 2:28 – And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions How does a mad man or a man who has lost all his sense come across […]
“And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.” 1 John:3:22 The difference between Good and Bad is clearly seen in the word of God. the bible acts as a manual for people to live a life that pleases GOD. The […]
