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...
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 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...
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place...
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,...
O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. Psalms 65:2 There come times when loneliness overshadows like a cloud in a person’s life and no one is there to listen or to provide counsel. Or perhaps, there are some problems so personal and intimate that it seems unfitting or too...
But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus. 2 Timothy 2:16-17 We are all aware of the power of words. There are many instances in life when an unkind or tactless remark could even scar...
