These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 The word Nike means to take a victory or overcome! Jesus said he had victory (nikao) over...
Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning Psalm 30:4-5 God is gracious...
After saying above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have not desired, nor have You taken pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the Law), then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will.”...
Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:!-2 The letter to the Hebrews admonishes us all to show love to one another and to continue...
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope...
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. Proverbs 26:27 Solomon reminds us that plans to harm others often harm oneself. Is there any desire in me to hurt another person? No. Right now, God has my...
Like a trampled spring and a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Proverbs 25:26 Holiness means to be set apart for special use. Every follower of Jesus is made holy by God. He has profound purpose for our lives. I love...
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the...
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Psalm 23:1-3 David was a shepherd boy that...
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”...
Hate evil, you who love the Lord, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light is sown like seed for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart. Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, And...
Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the...
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love. Micah 7:18 The prophet Micah wrote about a time when God...
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if...
You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 2 Timothy 2:1 Paul shared a simple...
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in...
Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper, yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus— Philemon 1:8-9 The apostle Paul...
When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own household...
See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. 1 John 3:1 I will always be my mom’s child. How amazing, that I am also called a child of the living God, the maker of the all things...
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 In his letter, the beloved disciple John calls us to love one another. He indicates that the source of love is God Himself. He...
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 John 4:15...
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 I woke up today thinking about the greatest love. What would that be in God’s estimation? Would it be a nursing mother, a father that risks, works and...
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:18 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has...
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34-35 One of the distinguishing...
He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. Jesus says that my love for Him will lead to following His words and way of life. These are not just His words, but that of God...
He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” Genesis 22:2 The first use of the word “Love” in...