“But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” Matthew 13:23 If you keep a grain of wheat in your pocket, it will look exactly the same ten […]

“He was raised to life to make us right with God.” Romans 4:25 Jesus Christ is the only man who promised to rise from the dead and actually kept His promise, and He did it ‘to make us right with God.’ Business transactions in Bible days were relatively uncomplicated. Once […]

“O Death, where is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 In a ‘sting’ operation, law enforcement agents set the bad guy up in order to bring him down. That’s exactly what God did to Satan at the cross. For 3 days it seemed as though Satan had won. Then Jesus rose […]

“The mouth speaks the things that are in the heart.” Matthew 12:34 When Mary came down with a raging fever, her doctor suspected viral meningitis. ‘How long have you had the solid white coating on your tongue?’ he asked. Mary was puzzled. Why did that matter? The doctor continued, ‘The […]

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 If you get most of your daily nutrition from fast foods, then you are definitely not eating healthy. The fast-food industry has many appeals. You get […]

“You who live by the Spirit should restore.” Galatians 6:1 Sometimes when we fall we can get up by ourselves; other times we need someone to help us, but sadly, not all Christians are willing to help. Sometimes they feel that by extending grace to someone, they are thereby condoning […]

“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;  does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;  does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;  bears all things, believes all things, […]

“I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope” Jeremiah 29:1 It’s easy to believe that God has good plans for our life when things are working out well, but […]

“Do your best to improve your faith by adding goodness, understanding, self-control.’ 2 Peter 1:5–6 Have you noticed how we tend to blame our circumstances for our character deficiencies? We attribute our problems to poor upbringing, financial difficulties, or other people’s shortcomings. Your circumstances may be beyond your control, but […]

“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown.” Jonah 3:4 When the prophet Jonah eventually entered Nineveh, he gave a message of hopelessness – in 40 days your city will be destroyed! He did […]

“Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” 1 Corinthians 6:11 After listing some of the worst sins imaginable, Paul […]

“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes.” Matthew 21:42 Sometimes the rejection by people turns out to be ‘the Lord’s doing.’ After Joseph had been betrayed by his brothers and slandered by Potiphar’s wife, he said, […]

“Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left.” Isaiah 30:21 There is this story about a group of friends who were on a mountaintop and were discussing which direction to […]

“Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.” James 5:7 In the book “My Utmost For His Highest” Oswald Chambers wrote: “Patience is more than endurance. […]

“Prayers offered in the name of Jesus have “divine power to demolish strongholds” 2 Corinthians 10:4 Demolish! Not damage or just hamper but demolish! In Matthew 11:27, Jesus said; “All things have been handed over to me by my Father.” That includes Satan, for he was soundly defeated by Christ […]