11 Then God said to him: "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, 12 behold, I have done according to your w...
We have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the full knowledge of God....
Before advancing to the consideration of the Bible as a book about God it will be well for us to glance for a moment at other grounds on which supremacy for the Scriptures is sometimes claimed. There are those who maintain that the value of the Bible lies in the wealth of information whi...
Meaning:Here's another short Bible verse on love. God's love is eternal and it empowers humankind to love in God's likeness. Bible Verses About Marriage The bible verses about marriage we've gathered below may be a helpful starting point for understanding God's promises for marriage. Whethe...
I love to see my children joyful. How much more does our Father, the fountain of joy, love to see us full of joy. So he tells us to ask him for whatever we desire. This past winter I started asking God to help me love winter, and he helped me a lot. I’m not a skier...
Suddenly, I”m not asking, “How much of my money shall I, out of the goodness of my heart, give away?” Rather, I”m asking, “Since all of ‘my” money is really yours, Lord, how do you want me to invest your money today, for others” good and your glory?” ...
1 The dispute about the "gourd" pertains to Jonah 4:6, So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah ... Scholars today still do not know for certain which plant is meant by the Hebrew word. Many believe that it is the castor oil plant. Why was this so important...
In the story of past actions of TDLZDTJ, Le Jingxin 樂淨信, who was a certain past life of Yuanshi Tianzun, asked his wife about the way to provide offerings for the Daoist priests, and his wife replied, “The Dao is revealed from the heart, and where can the Dao be found? Is ...
Why are you asking about this topic? Is it to persuade yourself and others that the punishment for disobedience wont be THAT bad? Have you ever been born again and baptized in God's Holy Spirit? The Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, "Abba, Father"? (Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6) I...