“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.” Revelation 5:8 Prayer is an essential part of our relationship with God. It’s a way for us to…
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” 1 John 5:21 What idols are you abhorring? Anything can be an idol so far they are already taking the place of God in your heart. They can be material possessions, relationships, or even our desires and ambitions. The danger of idols is that they can lead us…
“But whoso hath this world’s gseeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and truth.” 1 John 3:17-18 The love of God is not just…
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” 1 John 3:9 Something happened to you at the cross. It was so huge that it had the capacity to make you the son of God. (John 1:12). Something…
“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep” Proverbs 6:9-10 It is so easy for the things you see and experience with your physical eyes to take precedence over what is real and…
“The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.” Psalm 24:1 I recall a popular song that asked if we know who we are in Christ. Dear Christian, “Do you know who you are?” “Do you know that which you have been given?” Even more importantly, “Do you know…
“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.” Nehemiah 5:11 There is something about the defenseless that touches God’s heart in a special way….
“For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?” 1 Corinthians 4:7 There’s something common to all humans, and that is our inclination to take the glory. We want…
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25-26 How can you live when you’re dead? How can you live forever? The answer is quite simple. It…