O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.  Matthew 26:39 REFERENCE Matthew 26:36-45 The above prayer is one of the most popular prayers of Jesus Christ. It expresses His agony as His will (his humanity) struggled with the will of God, […]

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. John 13:34 REFERENCE John 13:34-35 Love is a commandment of God; it is not a weak word, it is a force – it melts the heart of an angry person; it has […]

Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from the slave, though he is the master of all. –  Galatians 4:1 REFERENCE Galatians 4:1-7 An heir is someone who has the legal right to inherit the properties of another at their demise. On the other […]

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;  and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. II Timothy 4:3-4   REFERENCE II Timothy 4:1-5 We live in a world where there are various doctrines, […]

And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” Judges 6:12 REFERENCE Judges 6:11-23 When the Angel of God met Gideon in this story, he was hiding in fear because of the enemy. Gideon had so much self-doubt that the Angel had to introduce him to himself; i.e. […]

Sing, O barren, you who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord. Isaiah 54:1   REFERENCE Isaiah 54:1-10 It takes real faith and sacrifice to sing when things are not adding up and you are not seeing the fruit of your […]

And Nathaniel said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see.’ John 1:46 REFERENCE John 1:43-48 Nathaniel of Galilee’s question, describes just how many of us perceive life. He is so taken by his hometown, Galilee, that he thinks ‘the world’ of it. Interestingly, Galilee means, ‘Circle […]

Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt? Numbers 14:3 REFERENCE Numbers 14:1-12 As believers in Christ, we sometimes are equally guilty of this thoughtless statement that the Israelites made […]

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures… – Psalm 23:1-2   REFERENCE Psalm 23:1-6. Just as green grasses provide food and nourishment for animals, the Word of God provides food and nourishment for us as believers. The Word of God is ever green, ever […]

Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give it,’ when you have it with you. – Proverbs 3:28   REFERENCE Proverbs 3:27-28 If we leave our flesh to do what it wants, it would often procrastinate the good it knows to do; putting off till tomorrow what ought […]