Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; — Isaiah 1:16
Do you find it easy to substitute religious rituals for helping people in need? I know I do! But God doesn’t want us to get …
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; — 1 Peter 1:13
The first time Jesus came, he came to show people who God was (John 1:18). As great, strong, and kind as he was on earth, …
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — Ephesians 5:1
Imitating someone is the most sincere way to praise them. If we really want to please God by being like him, imitation may be the …
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. — Amos 5:14
Quite a few people say that God is on their side. The real question is whether or not we are on God’s side. That’s more …
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — Matthew 6:19
How do you keep your heart safe? Where we find our heart is where we value the most. So it is an important question. So, …
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; — 1 Peter 1:15
Holy is a word that most of us associate with the “stained glass ghetto.” It’s a word that only “church people” use. Even if that’s …
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. — Psalm 118:5
People I care about have had a hard time at the start of the year. Maybe you or someone you care about has been in …
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. — Galatians 3:26
One. Simple, straight-forward, and easy to understand. By believing in Christ and being baptized into him, we become one with all the other Christians in …
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. — 2 Corinthians 5:19
Costs have been paid. The ransom has been paid. God’s punishment was stopped not because of anything we did to make him happy, but because …
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? — 1 John 4:20
It’s love! Almost anything can be interpreted as a metaphor. A large number of Christians have attempted to look it up in a dictionary or …