Category: Bible

  • A Privilege to Suffer for Christ

    Philippians 1:29 29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, Philippians 3:10 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

  • Praise to the God of All Comfort

    2 Corinthians 1:6-7 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,…

  • Missing the Mark

    Missing the Mark

    Genesis 2:8-24 8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden…

  • Saul’s Conversion

    Acts 9:1-19 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.…

  • Praise to the God of All Comfort

    2 Corinthians 1:3-5 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as…

  • The Need for Self-Discipline

    1 Corinthians 9:24-27 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but…

  • Waiting

    Waiting

    Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil…

  • The Name of the Lord

    Psalm 113:3 3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.

  • To the Church of God in Corinth

    2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia: “Paul visited Corinth on his second missionary journey and founded a church there (Acts 18:1ff). He later wrote several letters to the…

  • Book of the Law

    Joshua 1:8 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.