For our God is a consuming fire. — Hebrews 12:29
We should show God respect because he is a fire that burns. Mmm. What’s the meaning of that? Is it about how holy he is? …
Daily Pray
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. — Psalm 96:9
Don’t you like the phrase “the splendor of his holiness” and wish you could see that splendor for yourself? It makes me think of when …
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. — Nehemiah 9:6
Everyone and everything, except for ourselves, the people closest to us, and even God, doesn’t really care about our praise. What is our quiet voice …
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. — Ezekiel 38:23
When God’s people were physically and spiritually in bad shape, he promised judgment, both on them and on those who hurt them. He also tells …
And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. — Zechariah 8:21
The messianic prophecy of Zechariah looks ahead to the day when the LORD will save his people. People from all over the world will go …
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. — Psalm 10:15
It’s hard not to feel down when bad people get away with things that should not be done. Christians on every continent are very worried …
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: — 1 Peter 3:18
Don’t you think that sounds so simple and easy? like the headline in the newspaper about a stranger’s death. Simple, straight-forward facts! But we know …
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. — Romans 6:11
Through baptism, we join Christ in his death (cf. Romans 6:1-14). Our old, bad selves died on the cross with Christ. Sin is no longer …
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. — 1 Kings 22:5
This passage is taken from the great account of the prophet Micaiah. Jehoshaphat knew not to rely on advice from false prophets. He was insistent …
Who will render to every man according to his deeds: — Romans 2:6
God longs for a connection with us and wants us to seek after him and the things that are significant to him. God not only …