Bible references " Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called..." ( 1 Timothy 6:12) When the apostle Paul exhorted Timothy to fight the good fight of faith, he wasn't just preaching, but he was practising what he preached. At the end of his second letter, he was able to say, [...]
'Thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. Psalm 18:28 Darkness is not a pleasant condition. Children fear it; man cannot function well in its presence; therefore, from the beginning of time, man has done what he could to eradicate it. We live in an age when complete darkness is [...]
Scripture reference And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. Exodus [...]
"Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God that worketh in you both to will and do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, [...]
" And thou shalt be like a watered garden…" Isaiah 58:11 Background The Lord brought me to this verse in an unusual way. I was walking through a well-known thrift store when I came across a large framed picture with this Bible verse on it. Its beauty and message struck me, so I began to [...]
"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass…" Micah 5:7 Background information Micah was a prophet who lived in the time of Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea. He prophesied in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,Kings of Judah. [...]
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. (Matthew 9:36) And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. (Matthew 14:14) We live in a hard-hearted world where every kind of heartlessness [...]
Background Paul wrote this epistle from Rome to the Philippian church which was the first church founded in Europe (Acts 16:12). The word "joy" or "rejoice" is found in every chapter. It is regarded as one of the sweetest of Paul's letters in which we get a glimpse into the apostle's heart. The Philippians had [...]
Sometimes our trials overwhelm us because we view them on the horizontal as a grasshopper would a giant, instead of on vertical, with our eyes on the Lord. Bible reference: Numbers 13:33 "And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and [...]
