Jude 1:17-18 – But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. Most of us are familiar with…
Continue Reading1 John 4:1-6 – Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that…
Continue Reading1 John 2:20-21 – 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 1 John 2:26-27 – 26 I am writing these things to you about those…
Continue Reading2 Corinthians 10:17-18 – But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” 18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. Exodus 30:11 – 11 Then the Lord said to Moses, 12 “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at…
Continue ReadingProverbs 16:24 – Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Job 4:4 – Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees. Proverbs 15:23 – A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—and how good is a timely word! 1 Thessalonians 5:11 – Therefore…
Continue Reading1 John 1:1-3 – That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the…
Continue Reading1 Peter 2:4-6 – 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a…
Continue ReadingHebrews 11:1 – Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It would not be a good sign if we are exactly the same as we were before we became followers of Jesus the Christ. If fact, the Word of God makes it clear that if we belong…
Continue ReadingLuke 21:28 – “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” 1 Corinthians 16:22 – “If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord!” Yesterday I received the following email “Hey brother, I’m sure you’ve seen all of references…
Continue ReadingPsalm 73:28 – But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. Where I belong, where home is, it is being near to God. I remember as a boy, when my Dad came home from work, he would go straight…
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