Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is...
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven. Lamentations 3:41 It is easy to let our prayers become routine and repetitious, and we need to remember that God listens more closely to our hearts than the phrases from our lips. The Lord Jesus warns us about...
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be...
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people. 1 Timothy 2:1 The book of First Timothy consists of various charges to Paul’s disciple Timothy. The first charge (2:1-8) concerns prayer in the church. The fact that Paul mentions it “first of...
You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance. Psalms 65:11 No matter what trials comes our way, no matter what difficulties we have been facing, if we could stop and ponder on the blessings and goodness we receive from God who has showered upon us,...
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:31-32 To have a mental assent to faith does not necessarily mean that there is genuine conversion. Jesus said...
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD shall not lack good thing. Psalms 34:10 Many worldly minded and non-Christians often remark, “the Bible is full of prohibitions and rules” Too many “shall nots”, “must do this and that”. The fact is, if we study...
Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your...
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Psalms 19:1 This verse has been a favourite of many who recognise God’s creatorship. The vastness of space “declares” His power and sovereign control over all and calls us to worship Him as not only Creator...
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16 How we conduct our selves in terms of behaviour and speech will determine how much influence we have on others....
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 In verses 2–8 of Ecclesiastes 3 displays a remarkable listing of 28 “times,” arranged in 14 pairs...
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23 The word “keep,” carries strong idea of protection or guarding. It is used 10 times in Psalm 119 to stress the necessity of guarding or protecting the various kinds of instructions in God’s Word: “testimonies, statutes,...
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Psalms 23:1 Psalms 23 is perhaps the best-loved, best-known chapter in the Bible. It depicts the beautiful picture of God as the Shepherd. This chapter finds its New Testament exposition in John 10:1-30, where Christ identifies Himself as “the good shepherd”...
