John 8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” Immediately after Jesus told the woman caught in adultery “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more,” He gave the words… Read More »
Luke 2:49 “And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?” This verse was written to describe an event that took place when Jesus was just 12 years old. The Bible gives very little information about this time in His life,… Read More »
Romans 10:2,3 “For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.” In these verses, the apostle Paul talks about two different kinds of… Read More »
Isaiah 46:9,10 “Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.”… Read More »
Psalm 34:17 “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.” It is very comforting to know that not only does our Lord hear and see, punishes the wicked, but He also delivers the righteous. This verse also mentions that our God hears our prayers. It is important for… Read More »
Psalm 34:16 “The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.” In the previous two devotionals, I talked about how God sees and hears what His children do and go through. He also sees what the wicked do – all the time. Two… Read More »
Psalm 34:15 “And his ears are open into their cry.” Believers can have comfort in knowing that He sees us. There is no place we can go to hide from His eyes. God saw Jonah in the whale’s belly in the ocean depths. In this verse, we understand that He also hears us when we… Read More »
Psalm 34:15-17 “The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”… Read More »
Numbers 20:1,2a “Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation.” The trip to the Promised Land from Egypt should not have taken… Read More »
Hebrews 9:12 “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Although the blood of animal sacrifices was commanded in the Old Testament, it was only a temporary part of God’s plan. It was never able to… Read More »