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Mt 15:28 Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. This is an answer that Jesus gave to the Canaanite woman whose daughter was possessed by an evil spirit. When she called onto Him,at first Jesus did not respond,she did not give…
Psa31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. The psalmist encourages us to keep up our spirits and let no fearful thoughts blanch our cheeks. Fear weakens, courage strengthens. Victory waits upon the banners of the brave. So far from leaving us, the Lord will…
Gen 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. Then she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. When Hagar and Ishmael ran out of water, Ishmael almost died. Overwhelmed with grief, Hagar placed him in the shadow of one of the shrubs and…
Mat 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. The above presents three different forms of seeking the things that we need from God….asking , seeking and knocking. The phrase signify to seek with earnestness, diligently and with perseverance. Everyone who…
Pro 16:16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. Who believes this, though spoken by the wisest of men and under divine inspiration ? The getting of heavenly wisdom is better than getting the worldly wealth. Many take care and pains…
Rom 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? It reaches a time when those who are against us ” seem to be gaining milage.” Those arrayed against us seem numerous sometimes – Satan, secularists, false religion, the flesh, our enemies etc But the…
Isaiah 49:15-16 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Isaiah paints a rather painful and disheartening scenario…
Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. In the midst of judgement pronounced upon Judah and Jerusalem making them stagger and fall,God gave Isaiah a message of hope to the righteous of the day. What an antidote to despair ,pain and afflictions!…
Luk 6:48 “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. Jesus concluded his sermon by comparing the faithful doer of the…
Mar 2:21 “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. Mar 2:22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the…