“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope” Romans 5: 3, 4. This passage tells us perseverance produces character. This is a simple...
“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...
“Her [wisdom’s]ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace” Proverbs 3:17. According to this verse wisdom’s ways are pleasant and peaceful, so why don’t people choose them more often? To read the...
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to...
“And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat,...
“But Peter declared, ‘Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.’ And all the other disciples said the same” Mathew 26:35. If the disciples had not experienced this painful, eye-opening...
“And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, ‘My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose...
“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,...
“And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said, ‘Go up and take possession of the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust him or obey...
“Neither he [king Zedekiah] nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. . . the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of...