“And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them” (Acts 3:5). Real Bible hope is not “wishing.” It is earnest, intense expectation that what God has said will come to pass. How do you develop that kind of hope? You stay in...
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb. 4:12). How can...
“Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 2:1). Paul instructs us to be strong in grace. But what is grace? And what does it do? Titus 2 tells us, “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us...
“Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” (Heb. 13:15). Oftentimes we think about praising God, but because we don’t feel like it, we shrug off that prompting in our spirit,...
“Now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word” (Acts 4:29). Have you ever noticed that miracles most often occur among people who are bold about God? Boldness and the miraculous are so...
In many respects, July Fourth may have appeared to be like any other day in that summer of 1776. But on this morning, when the first glimpse of light broke across the surface of the waters that had carried them to this new land, one imagines that the handful who...
“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God” (1 Cor. 2:10). God is not full of surprises. He’s not an unpredictable being who likes to keep you guessing. Countless believers,...
“If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the...
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son” (John 3:16). For God so loved the world that He gave…and He gave…and He gave. That is the message the Bible brings us from beginning to end. It sounds simple enough. Yet few of...
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