What the Bible Says About the Power of a Grateful Heart
“Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation” Psalm 50:23. I have seen this verse to be true in my life. To read the whole psalm for...
Category: God’s Redemptive Nature
The Trial of Jesus: Injustice God’s Vehicle
“Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, and said to them, ‘You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in...
The Presence of God in Your Pain
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” Psalm 34:18. We will all be brokenhearted at some time or other if we live long enough. We will lose loved ones,...
From Trials to Usefulness in the Bible
. . . caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick. Grain must be ground to make bread. . . Isaiah 28: 27a, 28b. This passage alludes to how spices...
Meaning of Genesis 3 15: Crushing the Serpent’s Head
“. . . he [humans] will crush your [the serpent’s] head, and you will strike his heel” Genesis 3:15b. This short passage is part of the curse God pronounced upon the serpent in the Garden...
Yeast in the Bible: Mixing Process No Fun
Again he [Jesus] asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough...
Hope for the Brokenhearted
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” Psalm 34:18. The Lord has a great blessing in store for those who are experiencing loss, are grief-stricken and broken- hearted. And...
Suffering Well: How Joseph Did It
“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God” Genesis 45:8a. This statement was made by Joseph to his brothers after he had become a ruler in Egypt. He was saying...
Why Does God Let Us Suffer? It’s NEVER Random
“To this you were called because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps” 1st Peter 2:21. This passage may refer more to the suffering of persecution,...
Trials and Glory in the Bible: The Link
“Trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow” 1 Peter 1:11. In...