Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8 WEB As Christians, we talk a lot about forgiveness and the goodness of God. However, so many of us spend very little time thinking about the enemy of...
Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:12 WEB King David wrote Psalm 51 petitioning God to restore to him what David described as “the joy of your salvation,” He did so after God rebuked him for taking Bathsheba from Uriah the Hittite. Bathsheba and...
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father Galatians 1:4 WEB In Galatia, some religious leaders attempted to corrupt the gospel message in effect Judaizing the Christian faith. Paul writes his letter to the...
Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. Psalm 91:14 WEB There is some confusion about who wrote Psalm 91. Some scholars credit the verses to King David. Others say that Moses wrote the Psalm during their forty years of...
Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. John 14:19 WEB In this verse, Jesus refers to his eventual death and resurrection. When speaking about the world, he means the fallen world of unbelievers. At the time, Christ was...
Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name. Hebrews 13:15 WEB In his letter to the Hebrews, Paul discusses how God instructs his people. The opening chapter mentions the prophets of old and makes the...
The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Psalm 19:1–3 WEB This Psalm, attributed to King David, proclaims the clear...
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 WEB In his letter to the Romans, Paul encourages believers to set their bodies and minds aside as a living...
“For in him we live, move, and have our being.” As some of your own poets have said, “For we are also his offspring.” Acts 17:28 WEB In Areopagus, Paul speaks to philosophers about the Creator God and his closeness to man. He asserts that God wants a relationship with mankind. After all, in him we...
Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 1 Corinthians 1:30 WEB In the previous verses, Paul states that God chose the low things, the despised things and the things that do not exist to put an end to the...
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore, will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I...
and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 WEB Paul wrote these words concerning the fullness of God in his letter to the Ephesians. In the letter, Paul expresses that he wants the reader to experience the love of Christ...
