Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him – Acts 12:5
A precious scene is placed before us, even in the midst of an otherwise tragic and painful time for the early church. James had just been martyred by Herod, and the apostle Peter is […]
All of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble – 1 Peter 5:5
Here is the secret, Peter says, to genuinely and consistently serving others: humility. As long as you are set upon pleasing yourself, fulfilling yourself, seeking self-advancement, you will […]
“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3).
To be poor in spirit seems primarily to connote an attitude of dependence upon, and emptiness without, God. It is a palpable sense of one’s need of God’s grace and strength – the opposite of being proud and self-satisfied (like Laodicea […]
When [Lydia] was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us – Acts 16:15
Lydia is a wonderful, faithful example to every new believer. Many times, after a person becomes a Christian there is […]
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body – Hebrews 13:3
What a selfless, sacrificial, thoughtful command to service! It is not enough, the writer of Hebrews clearly implies, to merely pity the poor or to pray for the persecuted. We must […]
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