The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 NIV God knows life …
The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Psalm 37:23 NLT The Lord is faithful in directing our paths, in making sure we understand what He desires and the path He wants us to walk, but He doesn’t force us to follow …
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in …
“The following spring, the time of the year when kings go to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to destroy the Ammonites….But David stayed behind in Jerusalem” 2 Samuel 11:1 It’s more often than not, when we sit still, or become lax, that we fall victim to the …
“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!” John 12:27-28a NIV As Jesus got closer and closer to the cross, He fully understood the difficulty of …
The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take this flask of olive oil with you and go to Ramoth Gilead. When you get there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go …
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe. Proverbs 18:10 NASB I love the imagery this verse brings to my mind. To describe the righteous before they reach the tower I’d have to use words such as: Exhaustion, Fear, Desperation, Battle, …
“I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. 1 Corinthians 1:4-6 NIV I too am so …
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God which is in you by the laying on of my hands, for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:6-7 In these …
“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 …