When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” Read more…
“For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I Read more…
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ vs. 23 We have heard this verse many times and often focus on the fact that if we are Read more…
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. (v. 3) As I studied this messianic psalm in my quiet time this morning, I was struck by the wording of this verse in the ESV. Most of us have heard the KJV rendering, “God inhabits the praise of Israel.” Read more…
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well. (13) In Romans 16, Paul sheds light on some of the saints who were behind the scenes serving God. Some of those we meet in Acts, like Prisca and Aquilla, but others Read more…
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. (7-8) Psalm 16 is one of my favorites, and a history search of my Read more…
“Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” (v. 11) John the Baptist was a great prophet. He was the cousin of Jesus Read more…
Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place. For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord Read more…
But Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. (25) Your life does not have to be defined by your past. Read more…
When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and Read more…