BIBLE PASSAGE: For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Therefore, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. (Romans … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” (Matthew 4:19) MEDITATION: What is the greatest pleasure you get from fishing? It’s catching fish, isn’t it? When you go fishing without any experience, you find that the fish can be hard to find and difficult to catch. … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “You have heard that it was said, love your neighbor and hate your enemy, I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE:Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which isidolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used towalk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must alsorid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE:But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin,you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teachingthat has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set freefrom sin and have become slaves to righteousness. I put this inhuman terms because of your human limitations. Just as … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE:“Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, andwhen he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So fora whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the churchand taught great numbers of people. The disciples werecalled Christians first at Antioch.”(Acts 11:25-26) MEDITATION:Have you ever wondered why believers are called Christians? Whenwe look at … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:40) MEDITATION: Our society continues to try to fix every problem through tolerance. We are told that if we will just agree to allow others to express themselves in whatever way they please, we will become a … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in Heaven, not built by human hands.” (2 Corinthians 5:1) MEDITATION: Death is not a popular subject for discussion, is it? Most people would rather not think about it, let alone … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26) MEDITATION: What is your real value? How are you valued in the eyes and opinions of others? How … Continue reading
BIBLE PASSAGE: For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to … Continue reading