“Filled with the Holy Spirit, they spoke the Word of God with boldness” (Acts 4:31 NKJ). Boldness is one of the Apostle Paul’s favorite words. In Greek it is parrhesia (par-rhay-see’-ah) which is defined as “freedom of speech,...

“If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture” (John 10:9 NKJ). Go in and go out! What a beautiful balance between being a true worshipper and a faithful witness. As the children of God, we go in to be with the Lord,...

“I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich” (Rev. 3:18 NKJ). Laodicea was an unusually privileged town. The tax base was so strong and dependable there that the Roman emperor had exempted the city from a decree he had...

“From the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth” (Ps. 110:3 NKJ). After the world sleeps through its long night of darkness, an unusual phenomenon occurs with the coming of the dawn. As the sun prepares to rise and light up the dark...

“In the beauties of holiness…” (Ps. 110:3b NKJ). Before we accepted the Lord and became believers, sin had left us deformed and lacking in any spiritual beauty. When we invited Jesus into our hearts and lives, He came in bringing a total...

“Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power…” (Ps. 110:3 NKJ). What a wonderful promise for these last days prior to the return of the Lord Jesus – a host of people volunteering their services in the day of the Lord’s power. We...

“When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him” (Prov. 16:7 NKJ). This verse is a great help to those who work alongside others who are hostile, perverse, sarcastic, antagonistic, or demonized. It is an...

“Teach me Your way, 0 Lord; …unite my heart to fear Your name” (Ps. 86:11 NKJ). Have you heard of the person who finally “got it all together,” and then forgot where he put it? In this verse, the psalmist prays for wisdom to know how...

“I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds, says the Lord, because they called you an outcast” (Jer. 30:17 NKJ). There are definite compensations for patiently suffering resentment, rejection, and ridicule for the sake of the Gospel and...

“He delivered me because He delighted in me” (Ps. 18:19 NKJ). Out of the Dark Ages came a concept of God that is very terrifying. He was pictured as angry, full of wrath, and looking for an opportunity to strike people down at the slightest provocation....

“When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled” (John 11:33 NKJ). The basic Greek word embrimaomai (em-brim-ah’-om-ahee), translated groaned in this verse, only appears five times in...

“God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul” (Acts 19:11). A miracle is always special, so what does Luke mean here when he speaks of special miracles? Other versions of the Bible translate this word as “unusual,”...