Ps.40:11 – You, LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me;Your mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me. This was a whole new experience for Jesus. He had lived surrounded by His Father’s love from eternity; to be utterly cast off from God’s love at Calvary was beyond anything the Lord had known. …
Ps.18:35 – You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your right hand upholds me;And Your gentleness makes me great. One of the things which is hard for us to grasp is the humility or condescension of the Lord. The greatness of God is infinite and for Him to be revealed in creation …
Matt.21:16 – Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus *said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘FROM THE MOUTHS OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF’?” Apparently the children were strangely attracted to Christ. There is something about children, a beautiful humility and honesty, that is …
Mk.7:26,27 – Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent. And she repeatedly asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” Some times it …
Jn.4:46,47 – Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was imploring Him to come down and heal his …
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Lk.15:22-24 – But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and has come …
Before honor is humility. Prob.15:13 This verse always reminds me of my Bible School days. Everyone at school had menial jobs to support the ministry and pay our way through school. We did everything from tree planting to roofing, lawn mowing to goat milking, and painting to janitorial work. Everyone wanted to get “raised up” …
Phil. 2:5-7 – Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in …
Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind.Ps. 26:2 It’s funny how things that can appear on the surface to be so innocent can be a huge problem. Take ambition for instance, it is often perceived as a good quality and one to nurture in our own lives. But is …
Matt. 5:5 NLT – God blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth. There are not many sermons about humility, for the most part what God considers humility would be called weakness or a failure mentality in today’s culture. Jesus actually said it is the humble that will inherit the earth. …
