“You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.” -Luke 1:14 If you aren’t careful and read this verse without the surrounding context, it is easy to mistake this verse as …
“But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever—forever and ever.”Daniel 7:18 Daniel 7 is a strange prophetic vision, a very strange vision. I struggle to understand …
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 This is an oft-quoted verse, but one I have always found difficult to live by. I wish I could say that walking by faith …
“For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.” Hebrews 10:36 I have bad news. The life of faith is difficult. Throughout most of …
“Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”Matthew 18:4 All my life I have heard Christians talk about how we need to have a childlike faith. Typically, when they …
“Before the mountains were brought forth or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”Psalm 90:2 I often wish I were in more control than I am. …
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you …
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”Psalm 46:1 There have been times in my life when I have felt this in a very deep and real way. There have also …
“One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’” Mark 12:28 When Jesus taught …
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”Matthew 28:19 Those of us who have spent most of our …