Hearing and obeying God’s Word builds our lives on the bedrock of truth. We’d all probably admit to being shaken to some degree in the face of devastating news. But when we remind ourselves of the truth of God’s Word about who our God is, how much He loves us, how powerful and...
along with nineteen compound Names of God in our previous posts. As we venture through these descriptors of our God, I hope we will recognize all the many characteristics of our God that we tend to take for granted.
even when I don’t feel like singing or praising God, He can give me back that joy. When sadness threatens to overtake me, I can still go out in joy and be led forth in peace, giving thanks in all circumstances; he does replace my sadness...
8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.10As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. I Pete...
Mary thanks God for having done mighty things for her God would bless Abraham so that his name would become a blessing Mary says in her Magnificat, “from now on all generations shall call me blessed.” Mary ends her Magnificat by alluding to God’s promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:2 ...
If you belong to God, then God is working things out in your life for your good and for His glory. He can use all of our hard struggles for our good. We can be thankful for everything. Ephesians 4:32 Learn thebooks of the Old Testament. ...
(Again, another line of thinking entails the idea that multiple things were to be done.) Since God knows the end of a matter before it ever starts, He knew that putting an end to a mutiny, such as Satan’s, had to come. He could have restored the world without us perpetuating the ...
He was not condemning all traditions. He condemned only those that made God’s word void. In this case, it was a matter of the Pharisees feigning the dedication of their goods to the Temple so they could avoid using them to support their aged parents. By doing this, they dodged the ...
“We ought to understand that while God knows all things beforehand, yet He does not predetermine all things. For He knows beforehand those things that are in our power, but He does not predetermine them. For it is not His will that there should be wickedness nor does He choose to compe...
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it...