“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (2 Tim 2:2). There’s a saying: If you chop your own wood, it will warm you twice. If you find a truth and share it with others today, it can […]
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Prov 4:23). Be careful what you want—you may just get it, and find that it isn’t a dream come true but a nightmare. This verse warns us that what we are passionate for is what we become. […]
“For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman…which things are symbolic” (Gal 4:22, 24). The contrast between Ishmael and Isaac is used in the New Testament to teach us that we need not live as slaves; we are children who should live in liberty, […]
“For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again” (2 Cor 5:14-15). The real life litmus isn’t, “Is what […]
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name” (Ps 100:4). Welcome to heaven! Note to self: everybody is praising the Lord! Now let’s take that attitude of gratitude back into our often thankless world, since “this is the will of God” for us […]
“Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 5:19). When we reject God’s truth for our own opinions and desires, our souls shrivel; […]
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain” (1 Cor 9:24). Some say, “I’m encouraged” and I think, “encouraged to do what?” Oh, “just encouraged—that we’ve got it right.” But even if you’re on the right […]
“That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy” (Col 1:10-11). Since God’s unlimited resources for change have been offered to me, I need […]
“Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth” (Hos 6:3). Eternal life is knowing the Lord (Jn 17:3); discovering Him today, says Hosea, will be like a […]