I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Romans 15:30 NIV God has designed it so no one battles the enemy alone. Paul understood that, so he petitioned …
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” “What did Moses command you?” he replied. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses …
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. James 1:19-20 NIV I can’t help but wonder if God gave us two ears and just …
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! Psalm 139:17-18 NLT Do you ever wonder how often God thinks about you? He thinks about you all the time! Next time you are on the …
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 NIV We can’t see into the heavenly realms, and honestly, I’m glad we can’t; …
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1:15 NIV One can make a comparison between sin, and the earth’s gravitational pull; just like gravity pulls us toward the earth, sin pulls us toward the world. As …
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV Faith is the understanding that everything God’s word says is true and that all we hope for in Christ Jesus is more than just hope, it’s a fixed certainty that …
It seemed good to Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, that they would be in charge of the whole kingdom, and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss. Then this …
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV Paul calls attention to an amazing paradox present in Christianity: When we are weak, we are the strongest. How …
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength. 2 Timothy 4:17a NIV Paul wrote these words at the end of his life, in his final letter to Timothy, from prison, awaiting execution. As the apostle looked back on his life, perhaps reflecting on the hardships of ministry, …