“If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” John 14:14 There’s a settled confidence that fills the heart of a man who truly believes that God listens and responds. Jesus’ words in the Scripture for today are not unclear encouragement; they are a guarantee perpetually backed by the authority of…
“And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.” John 14:29 There are moments in life when God gives us promises that seem distant, unclear, or even impossible. When Jesus told His disciples in advance what would happen, it was not just to…
“And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.” Judges 4:9 We should remember as believers that God’s ways and thoughts are…
“Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.” Daniel 4:37 God will never despise a contrite heart and broken spirit because it reveals the character of humility and total dependence on…
“A faithful witness will not lie: But a false witness will utter lies.” Proverbs 14:5 The slight difference between faithfulness and falsehood is standing for the truth. The truth itself is Jesus, as recorded in the Scriptures — John 14:6. So, if we say that Jesus lives in us, then it simply means that the…
“That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.” Ezekiel 37:23 God desires that everyone come to repentance and revere Him as the one and only…
“And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.” 1 Chronicles 4:10 When we…
“We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.” Jeremiah 14:20-21 One characteristic of our God is that He is a covenant-keeping God….