Prayer Becomes Hope, Hope Becomes Prayer (Romans 4-5)
“...who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations…” -Romans 5:18 We would be wise to believe God...
“...who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations…” -Romans 5:18 We would be wise to believe God...
Ask the LORD for rain in the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, grass in the...
Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. -Acts 12:16 There is an element of prayer...
So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of...
Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.” -Matthew 27:65 What do we do with God’s moments...
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” -Mark 14:22...
And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. Matthew 21:22 We are a people of many words, in a culture with an...
So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. -Exodus 33:11 Moses experienced something with God that should...
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord. -Luke 1:45 (NASB) The Lord...
“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.” -Psalm 19:12 I am so grateful that the Bible speaks to our intellect and...
If you want to send a personal letter you wrote to a far-away country, you write the destination on the envelope, pay for postage, and...
Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly. -Psalm 6:10 Are there enemies in your...
I was crying to the LORD with my voice, and He answered me from His holy mountain. -Psalm 3:4 NASB Life can be loud. The voices of this...
When God looks to do a new thing in and through our lives, when He has a special task for us, He will strengthen us for it with “gracious...
When it comes to the Bible’s depictions of the new heaven and the new earth, we can learn just as much about what is not there as we do...
“And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his...
Something about Spirit-filled anointed witnesses of Jesus stirs up animosity and opposition from both worldly people and the demonic...
“But one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the...
When John was on the isle of Patmos, many churches had great works of piety and rich faith to show, and Jesus never made light of any of...
One of the first revelations the Holy Spirit gives when the light of the gospel breaks into our lives is the terrible extent to which we...