“I am the Lord’s servant,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” (1:38) “Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill what he has spoken to her!” (1:45) Mary is one of those bible characters that you can’t help but admire. I Read more…
But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab and have kept all his commands and have done everything he commanded you, this is what the Lord of Read more…
Where were you when I established the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? What supports its foundations? Or who laid its cornerstone while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted Read more…
Now it is not an enemy who insults me—otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me—otherwise I could hide from him. But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend! We used to have close fellowship; we Read more…
2 Samuel 10-14 CSB Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from Saul… and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more. Why then have you Read more…
2 Cor. 6-8 CSB Working together with him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.” For he says: At an acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. See, now is the acceptable time; now is the Read more…
They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’s cross. He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus. 15:21 So many of life’s most defining moments happen we are least expecting them. Simon was a Jewish man and an African Read more…
Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within… The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God. 51:6,17 You have probably heard it said that “who you really are is who you are Read more…
2 Samuel 5-9 CSB When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish Read more…
2 Cor. 4-5 CSB But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is Read more…