Psalm 52:1-4 – Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.Your tongue devises destruction,Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.You love evil more than good,Falsehood more than speaking what is right.You love all words that devour,O deceitful tongue. I have a reputation of emphasizing the heavenly …
Rev.5:8,9 – When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they *sang a new song… The new song that is being sung in heaven is …
Jn.11:38,39 – Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” When we see the groaning of Jesus as He approached Lazarus’ tomb we can somehow identify with His emotions. Jesus is groaning within Himself as He looked …
Jn.6:15 – So Jesus, aware that they intended to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself, alone. This was really the turning point in the ministry of Jesus; until now it was all about the miracles and the changed lives. Obviously the crowds didn’t quite …
Jn.4:13,14 – Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.” How …
Matt7:21-23 – Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out …
Acts 2:38,39 – Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far away, as many as …
Mk.1:30,31 – Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and they immediately *spoke to Jesus about her. And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she served them. I love the tenderness and the power seen in the Lord’s touch. I …
Matt.6:9 – Pray, then, in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. I love the simplicity and the unthinkable depth of the teachings of Jesus. One of His foundational teachings is known as the Lord’s Prayer found in the sixth chapter of Matthew’s gospel. In it we catch a glimpse …
Ps.8:3 – When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have set in place; I was recently going for an early morning walk and I was struck by the beauty and vividness of the crescent moon that morning. As I took a moment to look and …
