Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. — John 7:30
Jesus’ enemies had tried over and over to get hold of him. But the Gospel of John keeps telling us that no one could catch …
Daily Pray
And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. — 1 Corinthians 7:31
This message, which comes up a lot in the New Testament and was spoken by Jesus, should be a big reminder that we shouldn’t spend …
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. — Psalm 8:1
These two ideas seem to go against each other or at least have nothing to do with each other. On the one hand, God’s name …
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. — Romans 8:2
Praise God! By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are freed from keeping the law and able to do God’s will in our lives. …
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: — Romans 8:3
God gives us two gifts that meet the righteous requirements of the Law but that the Law could never give us on its own. First, …
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. — Acts 8:4
When someone tries to put out a fire in dry broom weed by stomping on it, the sparks fly up into the air and are …
And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. — 2 Corinthians 8:5
Paul was surprised by how much the Macedonians gave to help the Lord’s work. First, they didn’t have much to share because they were very …
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. — Hebrews 8:6
The Old Testament is a beautiful love contract. In it, God saves people who have messed up and starts his plan of grace to bring …
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. — Romans 7:6
We are not bound by the law! Does that mean there are no rules and no order? Not even close! No, because the grace that …
Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. — 2 Samuel 7:22
God’s promises to Abraham and David, what God did through Jesus, and how he kept both Abraham’s and David’s lines going until Jesus are nothing …