The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 NIV Into every life, trouble will come. When a friend betrays you, it breaks your heart. If you lose your job, your spirit is crushed. Through a combination of the actions of others and actions of our...
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10 WEB In 1 Corinthians 15:9, Paul describes himself as unworthy of being an apostle of Jesus Christ...
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. Psalm 119:18 WEB The word of God is our daily bread. It is the spiritual food we consume to build our faith and develop a stronger relationship with God. The scriptures teach us what we need to know to live lives that are pleasing to...
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful. Colossians 3:15 WEB As Christians, God adopts us to his holy family of chosen people. In his letter to the Colossians, Paul gives instruction on emulating the positive traits of Christ. He...
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Ephesians 4:7 KJV As Christians, it is the grace of God that saves us. God freely gives us the gift of salvation through belief in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our sins. No matter what our level of sin,...
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 WEB Some seek righteousness for themselves. That is to say that some people seek to be pleasing to God. For a Christian this means salvation from sin and living a life of service to the Lord. Others...
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved! Acts 4:12 WEB The religious authority of the time of Christ, known as the Sanhedrin, confronted John and Peter about the healing of a lame man. Acts 4:7 reports this...
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless. James 1:26 WEB The Holy Spirit gives comfort. The word of God provides direction. As flawed men, our hearts and heads are sometimes unreliable. We are...
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.” Matthew 6:24 WEB In life, we make a lot of decisions. We sometimes make good and sometimes make bad choices. When it...
He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? Romans 8:32 WEB Paul writes in this portion of Romans of the effects of saving faith. Anyone who accepts Christ through faith receives eternity in heaven with God. The...
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord. Leviticus 27:30 KJV The scriptures teach us in Psalm 24:1, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”...
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God; 1 Corinthians 1:22-24 WEB Common themes of religious interest...
