For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with […]
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight Ephesians 1:7-8 To redeem something is to buy it back or repurchase it. It also means to be free from what distresses or harms. For […]
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the […]
See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and […]
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as […]
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment. Philippians 1:9 In this introduction to the church of Philippi, Paul is writing to the members about growing in love as they also grow in knowledge. Knowing how to love is a basic foundation of Christianity. If […]
But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. Genesis 33:4 Forgiveness is a hard thing to do. Often, when we look at those who have wronged us, we can only think of the harm that they did to us. Pain has a memory […]
Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets; a bruised reed he will not break, and […]
And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke […]
For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. Psalm 5:4 We are constantly surrounded by evil and wickedness in this world. Our culture may not see certain things as evil, but to the Lord, anything that is sinful is wicked in his sight. To us, some things […]
