“Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.’ Proverbs 24:16 If you have ever seen a child learning to walk, you know that falling down is an important part of the process. Getting back up again is crucial to developing the child’s balance and muscle development. Likewise, a boxer […]
“Bear one another’s burdens.” Galatians 6:2 Have you ever said something you wish you could take back? Chuck Swindoll writes: ‘We act impulsively and realise, after the fact, how foolish we were… On top of all that, we hurt the ones we love the most. All this stuff caves in […]
“God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.” 2 Corinthians 5:19 Reconciling means bringing back together what belongs together! God created us to enjoy unbroken fellowship with Him and each other. That’s why Satan’s first ploy was to separate us from God, and […]
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were […]
“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 […]