2 Timothy 2:11-13 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. These verses are what we might… Read More »
Looker
Have you ever listened to a recording of your own voice? Did it surprise you? Most people are surprised when they hear the sound of their voice in a recording. Why is that? Well, what you perceive yourself to sound like and what you actually sound like are usually quite different. Matthew 19:20 The young… Read More »
Harvest
Matthew 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Jesus is teaching His disciples through a parable. In this parable, the landowner is a picture of God, Who goes out time after time seeking laborers for His vineyard. Our God… Read More »
Able, Through Christ
Matthew 20:22-23 Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” 23 He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to… Read More »
Very Good Plans
Genesis 47:25 So they said, “You have saved our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.” You know, instead of freaking out about circumstances, we can be at peace knowing that God’s got it covered. Matthew 10:29–31 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper… Read More »
Are There Few Who Will Be Saved?
Luke 13:22-23 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the Master of the… Read More »
I Do
Acts 9:36 At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. Acts 9:37 But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Acts… Read More »
Disciple Indeed
John 8:30-32 As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Verse 30 says that many believed in Him, and it is to… Read More »
Willingly Blind
John 12:37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, As we read this statement in verse 37 we become aware of a question that perhaps we had taken for granted, but one that John here expresses and perhaps out of his own incredulousness over the disbelief… Read More »
Flow
Leviticus 27:14 ‘And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. This is a chapter about pledging vows to God and thus, a chapter about the heart… Read More »