Who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, ‘So shall your descendants be.’  Romans 4:18 REFERENCE Romans 4:18-21 Having hope in God is not mere wishful thinking; rather, it is ‘absolute belief,’ ‘confident expectation’ or ‘firm assurance’ in the things He has promised. […]

What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? … and You have crowned him with glory and honor.  Psalm 8:4-5 REFERENCE Psalm 8:1-9 This is just a beautiful Psalm about how important man is to God. It starts with a focus on the beauty and glory […]

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:5-6 REFERENCE Romans 8:1-8 & 12-14 Apostle Paul […]

The ways of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine. Proverbs 4:18 (MSG) REFERENCE Proverbs 4:18 (MSG) It is God’s desire for every believer to get better the longer they live. In Deuteronomy 1:6, He expressed His dissatisfaction with the way His children lived in circles, dwelt too long in a […]

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing…Ezra 1:1 REFERENCE Ezra 1:1-6 “That the word of The Lord might […]

But the Philistines took him (Samson), and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. Judges 16:21 REFERENCE Judges 16:4-31 Samson’s name means the sun. The account of his life indeed reflects the rising and setting of the Sun. […]

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.” Judges 16:6 REFERENCE Judges 16:1-17 Today, we see Samson, a man with a great purpose, great power and great passion, tethering on the edge of sin, fighting his greatest battle of all against […]

Then his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.” Judges 14:3 REFERENCE Judges 14:1-3 A passionate person is one […]

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the changes of clothing to those who had explained the riddle. Judges 14:19 REFERENCE Judges 14:1-19 Samson was a man greatly anointed with the Spirit of might; he […]

For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:5 REFERENCE Judges 13:1-14 Wow! What outstanding announcement concerning a person’s destiny! Even before […]