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The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my...

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness, no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14 Illustration...

“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—...

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Proverbs 27:1 ESV Illustration Norman Cousins tells of being...

Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. As goods...

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered,

And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his...

Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Psalm 10:1 The why question often comes up when people...

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Mark 1:8 Baptism of the Holy Spirit is not a popular or even...

“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To...

And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. Romans 8:30 On April...

When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself and will glorify him at once. “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come. “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this, everyone will know that you

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything,...

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 2...

“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ “I am telling you now before it happens so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither...

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit,...

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless...

It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer

So, will it be with the resurrection of the dead? The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor,...