This is the story of Abraham, his wife Sarah, and her servant Hagar, as well as the two sons that they bore to him, one who’s later referred to as the “son of the promise” while the other is simply known as the “son of the bondwoman”. While most books written about Genesis...
A great visitation is coming upon My people–and I will visit them as in the days I visited my servant Moses, and My servant Elijah, and My servant Daniel. A great reckoning is here–My people will receive their just due, as will those who have visited evil upon My people. Silence is...
8If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a] you are doing right.9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking...
15and how from infancyyou have known the Holy Scriptures,which are able to make you wisefor salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.16All Scripture is God-breathedand is useful for teaching,rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,17so that the servant of God[a]may be thoroughly ...
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that...
I am your devoted servant. Why don’t You look on me with affection? Why do I have the great burden of these spiteful people? 12 Did I conceive them, bear them, and give birth to them? Why should You tell me to carry them—as a nanny does some suckling infant—into the land ...
A few short months after Zechariah’s experience with Gabriel, he visited Mary. Mary’s reaction was decidedly different. ““I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.”” Luke 1:38 (TPT) Now Mary’s situation was just as out there as Zechariah’...
Most religions do teach that a person should not lie or steal, and so forth. But is that sufficient? Would you be happy to drink a glass of poinsoned water because someone assured you thatmostof what you were getting was water?"Reasoning From the Scripturesp.323 ...
Too many churches and parachurch groups operate under secular leadership principles and strategies without considering what Scripture teaches. In this accessible and comprehensive book, leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs articulates a working definition of Christian leadership based on the Bible and his...
“He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant. His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron, Until his word [to his cruel brothers] came true, until the word of the Lord tried and tested him.” (Psalm...