The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52 WEB Paul and Barnabas were on a mission. They were fulfilling the great commission, sharing the good news of the gospel with whoever would receive it. In Antioch, Paul shared the news of Jesus as Savior with Jews and Gentiles...
He said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. Revelation 21:6 WEB Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. This verse from Revelation gives these words from Jesus...
Let us search and try our ways and turn again to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40 KJV Scholars traditionally attribute the book of Lamentations to the prophet Jeremiah. Lamentations is a series of sorrowful poems that deal with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. The third chapter of Lamentations...
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans...
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 WEB The first half of Paul’s letter to the Philippians is an expression of appreciation for the believers in Philippi. The members had been generous in their...
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:20 WEB In this life on earth, we have good times and bad. In our relationships there are ups and downs. But as Christians we live for a promise that comes from God through Jesus Christ. We...
You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. Matthew 5:13 WEB This is part of the Lord’s famous sermon on the mount. Before making this statement, Jesus taught the...
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Philippians 2:5 KJV What should we think? What should we believe concerning our relationship with God? Jesus, who lived without sin, having the very nature of God himself, did not consider himself equal to God. Instead, he humbled himself...
that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge; 1 Corinthians 1:5 WEB Giving context to this verse, Paul is conveying the grace of God to the Corinthians. Before he addresses problems with the church, Paul declares his thanks to the Lord. Enriched in him, the apostle...
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. Galatians 5:24 WEB Faith in Christ saves us through the grace of God. And yet, as we read in James 2:26, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. KJV” Paul teaches strongly...
Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory...
Therefore, now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever. 2 Samuel 7:29 KJV In 2 Samuel Chapter 7, the Lord promised to establish the...
