The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9 WEB The heart beats at the core of human flesh. It is the seat of human emotion and desire. When ruled by our hearts, we are reactive, impulsive, and often, poorly self controlled. When we listen...
Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Acts 13:1 WEB In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul describes the Holy Spirit giving various...
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. Romans 13:1 WEB Is there a conflict between worldly authority and the authority of God? As Christians, should we submit to worldly authority? Paul answers...
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14 WEB A yoke is a wooden crossbeam used between a pair of animals that enables them to effectively work together. The most common...
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6 KJV Paul’s statement to the Hebrews highlights the important issue of faith. It is given in the context of Old Testament...
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it...
When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. John 15:26 WEB In chapter fifteen of John’s gospel, Jesus prepares his disciples to branch out and share the truth of the gospel with the world. At the...
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 WEB Before Abraham and Sarah became the parents of Issac and the progenitors of the lineage of the nation of Israel, they lived in Haran in modern...
Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain? He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.” Know therefore that...
He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me. Luke 22:19 WEB Gathered together at the Last Supper, Christ broke bread with his disciples, metaphorically saying of the bread, “this is my body.”...
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. Luke 1:26-27 KJV Jesus Christ was the first man born of the Holy Spirit. Since the...
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. Romans 8:26 NIV Before giving our lives to Christ, we live in the flesh and for the flesh. But after we put our faith in Jesus, we die...
