Hebrews 2:10-For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. When I think of heroic movies, especially American movies you can’t help but see an individual or group willing to lay aside everything in […]
Titus 3:1-2–Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. When people share with me in church or wherever, regarding their “behavior” as to how they should’ve handled a situation […]
Ecclesiastes 7:14–In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. Obviously this day for many of us in this country, reveals just how prosperous we are in […]
Ecclesiastes 3:10-11–I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. We naturally […]
Ecclesiastes 1:8-All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filledwith hearing. Before reading this passage and “writing it off” as our pure pessimism, the entire book is considered to be wisdom literature, that we find answers to life’s questions in such statements. […]
Psalm 18:30-This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. I remember almost 16 years ago I was in a church service, where I heard a preacher declare, “your Heavenly Father is perfect!” It was something that sent chills up […]
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according […]
1 Thessalonians 2:13–And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. I believe that people who […]
Psalm 6:2–Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. As Christians, when we see ourselves as being more of a spirit, rather than a physical being that mainly seeks out comfort for our bodies, we take seriously the disturbances of our hearts and […]
Ezekiel 4:4-5–Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their […]