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 …
“What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes …
“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the …
This is my command: Love each other. John 15:17 NLT God clearly desires that we love each other, but how does the Bible define love? Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not …
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NIV I find three helpful takeaways form this verse: Long before you or I were born, Jesus declared that …
When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or …