“Say: Go all over the earth and behold how [wondrously] He has created [man] in the first instance: and thus, too, will God bring into being your second life – for, verily, God has power to will anything.” (Quran 20:29) God’s handiwork is also present within the individual: ...
Scripture includes numerous passages that remind us what is true about God and what he thinks about us, passages that encourage and affirm our own spirits, equipping us to share the same with others. Here are several verses and assurances to get us started. I pray you find affirmation and e...
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.New Living TranslationSo God created great sea creatures and ...
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge beginning. Proverbs 8:22-24The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His work, before His deeds of old. . . . Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose--even the wicked for the da...
In the beginning created God the heavens and the earth; and the earth was without form and empty, and darkness on the face of the deep; and the Spirit of Godwas broodingon the face of the waters. The above is the word for word translation from "The Interlinear Bible" by J. P. Gree...
I was one of those kids who questioned everything about God and religion. I remember my seventh-grade science teacher being exasperated with my barrage of questions about how the earth began and, if God created the earth, how He got there first. Of course, I didn’t realize it then, bu...
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 2 7 the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground ...
But despite the challenges, scripture presents God as more powerful the any adversary we may face, and on our side when we face adverse situations. We are encouraged and urged to put our faith and trust in him: Mark 4:35-51 describes Jesus standing up in the boat and commanding the stor...
No matter how often we read a passage or hear a scripture story, you can breathe fresh life into its meaning and impact. The Christmas narrative is no exception. As we read and hear again the grand story of Jesus’ birth, may our hearts be open to your inspiration, may we overflow ...
Treasury of Scripture And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps on the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 2:19,20 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and ...