Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 WEB On a mountain in Galilee, Jesus gave the great commission to the eleven remaining disciples. He commanded them to make disciples of all the nations baptizing them...
For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good. Jeremiah 4:22 WEB Devotion to sin is just as possible as devotion to God. Even those who God calls his own can fall away...
For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. Psalm 103:14 WEB We read in Genesis that God made Adam from the dust of the ground. The Lord then made Eve from a rib taken from Adam’s side. We are dust, made by God from the earth itself. They were without sin until the serpent...
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 WEB In his letter to the Romans, Paul writes about Christians participating in suffering, groaning together like a woman in labor, waiting for her child to be born....
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 KJV The Lord is mighty. In him the faithful take refuge. The Lord is mighty. He fights our battles for us. There is great...
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 KJV This famous verse about what happens before a fall gives an understanding of what not to do if we want to live lives that are pleasing to the Lord. Pride makes us feel self-sufficient and leads us away from the...
But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?” Jonah 4:4 NIV Jonah has an interesting story. He was told to go to Nineveh and preach against the city because of its wickedness. But Jonah did not want to do this and so he fled in another direction. While on a ship fleeing from the task...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalm 119:11 KJV In Proverbs 4:23 Solomon teaches, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. KJV” Many scholars agree that David wrote Psalm 119. In it, the psalmist makes this beautiful statement...
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to...
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 WEB In his letter to the Romans, Paul referenced Deuteronomy 30:11–14 which states, “For this commandment which I command you today is not too...
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. Psalm 39:7 WEB We suffer many things in life. David had been suffering sickness and recognized that as a sinful man, death waits for him just as it does for anyone else. He would not cry out in front of men because he didn’t want to give...
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 KJV In the early church there were scoffers that believed it had been too long of a wait for the...
