But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?” Jonah 4:4 NIV Jonah has an interesting story. He was told to go to Nineveh and preach against the city because of its wickedness. But Jonah did not want to do this and so he fled in another direction. While on a ship fleeing from the task...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalm 119:11 KJV In Proverbs 4:23 Solomon teaches, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. KJV” Many scholars agree that David wrote Psalm 119. In it, the psalmist makes this beautiful statement...
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to...
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 WEB In his letter to the Romans, Paul referenced Deuteronomy 30:11–14 which states, “For this commandment which I command you today is not too...
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. Psalm 39:7 WEB We suffer many things in life. David had been suffering sickness and recognized that as a sinful man, death waits for him just as it does for anyone else. He would not cry out in front of men because he didn’t want to give...
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 KJV In the early church there were scoffers that believed it had been too long of a wait for the...
