Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were …
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the …
Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing with whom we were to lodge. Acts 21:16 NASB Every so often the Bible introduces us to someone who played a significant enough role to be mentioned by name, …
“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD” Lam 3:40. NIV How easy it is, while we remain in this world, to fall back into a pattern of self. We strive to make things happen, we struggle with impatience, and we strive to …
He was handed over by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to …
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Isaiah 49:16a NIV The hands that made the universe and stretched out the heavens became the hands of a newborn baby. Isaiah 45:12 Those same hands touched blind eyes and they could see. Mark 8:25 When placed on those …
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 NIV As we approach Easter and focus …
Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look …
“Work out your salvation with fear and trembling” Philippians 2:12b NASB We’d like to believe that the Christian life is an easy one, but that’s not the way I see it presented in the Bible. Life, even as a Christian, and maybe even more so, can be a battle! But …
Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. Psalm 7:14 NIV Why disillusionment? Because sin never delivers what it promises! Satan is very good at making us believe we’ll receive a benefit worth pursuing, but in the end, sin always leaves us worse off than before …