Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3 NIV Chapter sixteen in the Book of Proverbs presents the wisdom of submission to the word and will of God. In all things we do there is either righteousness or unrighteousness. In every plan of our hearts, there...
Some of you were such, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11 WEB In chapter six of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he addressed lawsuits among believers and sexual immorality....
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Acts 2:37 WEB In chapter two of the Book of Acts, Luke describes the first day of Pentecost after the ascension of Christ. On that day, the disciples received the...
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, John 3:14 WEB In this passage from John’s gospel account, Jesus referenced an event from the days of Moses. After the Israelites escaped Egypt, they grew impatient with Moses and God. As they traveled...
Are any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, James 5:14 WEB Jesus encouraged his disciples to pray in his name. As we read in John 14:12-14, “Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the...
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; Psalm 1:1 WEB The company we choose to keep impacts our thoughts and our behavior. When we choose to surround ourselves with godly men and women, they tend to...
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 2 Timothy 3:13 WEB In the third chapter of Paul’s second pastoral epistle to Timothy, Paul describes elements of the last days. He wrote in 2 Timothy 3:2-5, “For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money,...
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so. Genesis 1:11 WEB In the Genesis account of creation, this is a part of the Lord’s creative work on the third day. Previously, On the...
The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. Luke 1:10-12 WEB In the entirety of scripture, the bible only...
Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 NIV In the first...
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead. Hebrews 11:12 WEB Paul devotes the entirety of chapter eleven in the Book of Hebrews to the topic of faith in action. He mentions...
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh. Genesis 2:24 WEB Chapter two in the Book of Genesis describes the creation of the first man and woman. First, the Lord made Adam. Genesis 2:7 reads, “And the Lord God formed man of the...
