For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. before Isaiah 7:15,16 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good...
How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? 15“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be ...
-Isaiah 62:6 NLT When you trusted Christ as your Savior and Lord, you inherited a wealth of divine promises. By believing and claiming these scriptural promises, you can live the abundant, victorious life that Jesus died for you to have. The Lord has given His children promises of provision...
I have found that to be true each year as I’ve gone back through the Bible. Sometimes I find myself feeling as if a passage just appeared there for the first time. I’m reminded that no matter how many times we read through the Bible, we have only scratched the surface. I hope y...
In spite of the anxiety that blinds us from seeing a new horizon, His restoring power is at work to bring a new beginning: “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:19...
I have a couple of friends who fear being hurt. They have chosen not to love, and in doing so have cut themselves off from so many who love them. They believe they are happy and don’t need love from others. I find their choice to be a very sad and lonely one. ...
When you get a “special” leading, this is in addition to your normal lifestyle of going about and doing good like Jesus did. Those 1050 commands are descriptions of the divine nature you have in the new birth. They are what God wants you to do all the time; everything else is up...
41 And because of his words many more became believers. 42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.” Jesus Heals an Official’s Son 43 After the two...
On this second Sunday of Advent, we are reflecting on the prophesied Messiah as the “mighty” God from Isaiah 9:6. This adjective in Hebrew (gibor) is commonly translated mighty, but strong is an equally fine translation. Might often refers to strength, power, and the ability to make im...
The testimony: This young lady was a Christian and she knew she had a strong desire to marry a man who had the same belief as she had, so she prayed for a few years for her marriage, hoping the Lord Jesus to bring the right man to her. Eventually she met her right man! They lov...