There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1 WEB Paul opens his letter to the Romans with comforting words encouraging believers to walk according to the Spirit. Some translations omit the...
Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. Psalm 90:2 WEB This is the oldest of all of the psalms. The title is “A Prayer of Moses.” In the psalm, Moses teaches the Israelites to give God praise for his care of...
The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death. Proverbs 13:14 WEB The majority of the writings in the Book of Proverbs come from Solomon. It is most likely that he penned these words as well. Whoever wrote the text, its author describes the teaching of the wise as...
Therefore, I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them. Mark 11:24 WEB Chapter eleven of Mark’s gospel begins with a description of Jesus entering Jerusalem as king. The people gathered near him, spreading their garments and...
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psalm 91:2 KJV The midrash or Jewish tradition of commentary on the bible indicates that Moses wrote Psalm 91 as he completed the Tabernacle in the desert following the exodus from Egypt. Others say that it is a...
Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. Mark 13:35-36 WEB In chapter thirteen of the gospel of Mark, Jesus gives prophecy about the...
Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. John 15:9 WEB These words come from Jesus’ teaching of the vine and its branches. Grafted to the vine that is Jesus Christ, Christians produce the fruit of service to the kingdom of heaven. Nourished by the root of...
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NIV King David wrote this psalm while stranded in the desert of Judah. Away from his family, and likely fleeing from his own son, Absalom, David...
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:13 WEB With these words, John affirms the eternal salvation of those who believe in the Son of...
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 WEB The bible tells us in James 2:26, “For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead....
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind. Isaiah 65:17 WEB In this prophecy, Isaiah gives a vision of God creating a new heaven and a new earth. His inspired words for God’s people promise justice, prosperity, and peace for...
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3 NIV Jeremiah shares these words of comfort with the exiled remnant of the nation of Israel. Because of sin and disobedience, the Babylonians...
