“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” Matthew 6:27 It is useless to worry, for a short person cannot by any amount of worry make himself an inch taller. Why then should he waste his energy wishing he were an inch taller? People worry over a […]
“Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” John 18:25 For our own sake, we need to watch out for what led to Peter’s fall. First was his self-confidence. When forewarned, […]
“John replied, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry.” Luke 3:11 In John’s several answers to the different inquiries made of him, he made it very clear that religion is not something entirely cut off from […]
“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:28 A very long ago time ago, in a kingdom that is very far away, there lived a man who was very close to the King, but who had committed a […]
“Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.” Luke 7:22 At some point in the life of […]
‘The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith! And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.”‘ Luke 17:5-6 The African antelope called Impala found […]
“But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.” Matthew 6:3 Some people want every good thing they do to be well publicised. If they give money to some good cause, they want it to make the headline. If […]
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 This verse contains the whole gospel. It shows us that the source of man’s redemption is God’s love. It also shows us […]
“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offence at Him.” Mark 6:3 This verse sheds some light on the life of Jesus as a youth before he […]
“Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.” John 4:6 In this passage, Jesus had been travelling all day in the hot sun, and coming to this resting place He sat down by the well, hungry, […]
“A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” John 4:7 The Samaritan woman went out from her home on a very ordinary errand, to fetch water from the public well, and before she returned home she had met the Christ and He had […]
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” – Jeremiah 33:3 In April 1912, Constance Gracie awoke in the middle of the night in New York. Seized with anxiety, she began to pray. Her prayer book opened “by chance” […]
“Your word is more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.” Psalm 19:10 William Tyndale translated the Bible into English while living in Germany, and in 1525, he was able to publish the New Testament in English. But the church […]
“Then the LORD sent out a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart. Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all […]