I am once again in my joyful happy place sitting under my gazebo in the mornings and many evenings. Praising God for the blessings that He has bestowed upon us. So many thoughts on life are pondered here, so many prayers are lifted here, so many plans of the future are made here. Th...
15That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. 16For I am not ashamed of the gospel,because it is the power of Godthat brings salvation to everyone who believes:first to the Jew,then to the Gentile.17For in the gospel the righteousness of God is ...
Jesus was consecrated (sanctified) by God. John 10:36 (ESV) says: “do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’” (John 10:36 ESV)? The fact that Jesus was consecrated, or as it is ...
Study Bible Book ◦ Chapter Woman,In the cultural context of the time, addressing someone as "woman" was not disrespectful. It was a common and polite form of address, similar to "ma'am" today. Jesus uses this term elsewhere, such as when speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well ...
Why can't you just knock a few corners off here and there? Why do you have to hit us hard? I want to tell you why. Because I am commanded by the great God in heaven that gives you every breath of air you breathe, "Cry aloud, spare not, and show my people their sins." If ...
Dear God, please give me strength when I am weak, love when I feel forsaken, courage when I am afraid, wisdom when I feel foolish, comfort when I am alone, hope when I feel rejected, and peace when I am in turmoil. Amen.
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionWhy, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.New Living TranslationWhy am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I...
12 That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him[a] until the day of his return. 13 Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned ...
Hab_2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.Isa_21:6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he s...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionWhy, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.New Living TranslationWhy am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I...