“The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’” (Obad 1:3). Pride is self-deception, putting us in place of God, and self-destructive, putting us on a path opposing His […]
“But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, ‘Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?’” (Mk 4:38). In the terror of the moment, in Matthew’s account some call Him “Lord” (kurios); in Mark, “Teacher” (didaskalos); in Luke, “Master” (epistates). In a storm today? […]
“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Gal 5:16). You become what you repeatedly do; holiness is a habit, not simply random, unrelated acts. That’s why we are called to a walk: simple, repeated actions, all moving in the same direction. […]
“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God” (Job 19:25-26). Only the monotheistic beliefs offer hope of being with God in the afterlife. But Islam denies the Redeemer’s death; Judaism, […]
“To whom He said, ‘This is the rest with which You may cause the weary to rest,’ and, ‘This is the refreshing’; yet they would not hear” (Isa 28:12). What could be better in your life right now, and the lives of those you love, than these two blessings—rest and refreshing? All Israel had to […]
“…try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it” (Mal 3:10). The path for blessing from God is giving to God. But what happens? He then […]
“Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me” (Micah 7:8). A believer may be down, but he’s never out; the world may be dark around her, but she always has a light within. You can’t keep God’s […]
“This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it” (2 Jn 1:6). Let’s get this straight: Love means doing what He has commanded us, and He has commanded us to love one another. Today, Lord, by the […]
“But let justice run down like water (roll on like a river), and righteousness like a mighty (never-failing) stream” (Amos 5:24). Saints are presently suffering, some even being killed for their faith today. But, Paul reminds us, though many are going through hard times now, Justice by Jesus is on the way (2 Thess 1:5-10)! […]