No Good Thing: Now the promise near the end of this psalm is quite a striking one. “No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Ps. 84:11). We have some trouble navigating this concept when it comes to answered prayer. This is because Scripture gives us two mode...
20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. 21 For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen. 22...
Treasury of Scripture Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. Owe. Romans 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Deuteronomy 24...
Buggered if I know. The people that thought this unimportant were probably the same people that decided that a Bren Gun was a good thing for a bunch of brainless kids to play with. In any event, why am I telling you all this? Is it just another digression by an old man whose mind...
When we understand themeaning, we will no longer have the nagging question; “If Paul wasnt sure, howcan we be so sure?” The Apostle was a most humble man. Perhaps,the most humble in all of Scripture. In fact, I have referred to him as the “Apostleof Humility.” When his apostle...
32 He who did not withhold his own Son but gave him up for all of us, how will he not with him also give us everything else? 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ[t] who died, or rather, who was ...
It was while I was carry- ing our first son that my hus- Samuel Kraft, around 13 days old We had learned some scripture and felt that we band and I both began to think were beginning to gain new about our relationships with God. We didn't deny insight as to 'who' our Savior was...
t withhold relationship blessings because he is waiting for you to achieve an upper echelon of Christianity. That’s not to say that being close to God doesn’t have relationship benefits, but you can be absolutelysaintlyand that does not mean God owes you a dang thing, much less an ...
mentioned would come to the Genie. “I would like A, B and C. Thank you very much.” We use verses on prayer so drastically out of context that we have convinced ourselves that God owes us an answer to our prayers. If we are good humans, He will do as we ask. Isn’t that the...
If something appealed to me, I did it. I allowed myself to have any pleasure I wanted, since I found pleasure in my work. This was my reward for all my hard work.Good News TranslationAnything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had...