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Psa 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. Psa 103:11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; I am just imagining what would have happened to all of us if God punished…
Micah 7:8 Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. When I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. Prophet Micah opens the chapter with sorrow and desperation, but along the way ,he switches to both present and future tense where he presents hope .He…
Jn 17:20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, Jn 17:21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe…
Jos 3:5 Joshua told the people, ”Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you ”[NIV] Consecration means to sanctify ; to purify ourselves from sin and draw nearer to God . In the above text, it is both a command and a promise given to the children of Israel. They had…
2Ki 5:22, 23 “Everything is all right,” Gehazi answered. “My master sent me to say, ‘Two young men from the company of the prophets have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’” .23 “By all means, take two talents,” said…
Zechariah 13:9 I will bring the one–third through the fire,Will refine them as silver is refined,And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name,And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’;And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God. ’” A trial is an examination by…
Amos 7:14,15 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was not a prophet, and not the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and a gatherer of sycamore figs. And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ”…
Mal 4:6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” This is the last verse in the Old Testament. It preceded a three hundred year period when the Lord was quiet…
Mat 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Mat 25:35 ‘for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and…
Eph 4:4-6 There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called in one hope of your calling, 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Paul says that we are one body and we have been given…