"Hope does not disappoint" (Rom. 5:5). You have always known that God was going to answer your prayers. When you were unmarried, you knew that one day the Lord would bless you with a spouse and children. When your family members were still unsaved, you knew that...

"You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side" (Ps. 71:21). In the original Hebrew version, the word translated comfort is nacham (naw-kham'). It describes God's response to our trying circumstances. One definition of nacham is "to sigh." The...

"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 to take all the different...

"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 of Jesus...

"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. The idea...

"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 the New Testament....

"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," "extraordinary," or "uncommon." Since by...

"His commandments are not grievous" (1 John 5:3). When Jesus came to earth preaching the good news of God's love, the whole world was in a state of religious bondage. Even in Israel among God's own chosen people, the religious leaders of the day had imposed a harsh...

"Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound" (2 Tim. 2:9). The big word here is bound. In Greek it is deo (deh'-o), a primitive verb root meaning "to chain, shackle, put in fetters, imprison." Here Paul refers to...

"We should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us" (2 Cor. 1:10 NKJV). Here is a line from the past to the future: God has delivered us in...

"Because you would forget your misery, and remember it as waters that have passed away" (Job 11:16 NKJV). Here is a precious promise for us for the dislodging of every unpleasant memory we retain. There is an ocean called the Sea of God's Forgetfulness. There is a...

"And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and valiant men went with him, whose hearts God had touched" (1 Sam. 10:26 NKJV). Here is a word about teamwork. It might be important to you, when planning your future, to consider the type of people with whom you will be...