You have handed me a sword – that will never be tarnished. It glimmers in the light of your goodness. I hold it up – for you say – in my weakness you are strong. You line your children’s feet with guidance. You speak openly and directly: “This is the way, walk forward child...
3Some of the traveling teachers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living according to the truth.4I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth. Caring for the Lord’s Workers 5Dear friend, y...
1 Corinthians 2:3-5I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. Luke 17:5The ap...
To have the context of scripture for yourself so it is not even what your pastor preaches on a Sunday morning but for YOU to know the Word. There are also so many great Bible study tools that are free or low cost on the internet that you can use. I did a segment on my program ...
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!New American Standard BibleWe are fools on account of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are ...
Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.Contemporary English VersionYou are my strong shield, and I trust you completely. You have helped me, and I will celebrate and ...
The longest chapter in the Bible is the 119 chapter of Psalms. It contains 176 verses. Some of the Psalms are so personal in nature that you feel as if you are eavesdropping on a conversation the penman had with God. Many of the chapters are instructions for the proper way to worship....
“I am not able, I am too weak, I can’t speak”, he or she is not being humble, but are protecting themselves from being “laughed at” or “thought less” of. They feel inferior as they cannot believe in themselves or in God who provides us strength in weakness. Moses is a ...
John 1:49 sn Nathanael’s confession—You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel—is best understood as a confession of Jesus’ messiahship. It has strong allusions to Ps 2:6-7, a well-known messianic psalm. What Nathanael’s exact understanding was at this point is hard to...
Verse Concepts Mark 1:40 And a leper *came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” 55 Verse Concepts Mark 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the...