Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power. 2 Thess. 1:11 In today's devotional, I want to consider the phrase, "and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness." …
My heart is inditing a good matter. Psalm 45:1 Or, "My heart overflows with a pleasing theme" (ESV). This is the first verse of the 45th Psalm, a Psalm which is referred in the New Testament to Jesus (cf. Heb. 1:8-9, quoting Psalm 45:6-7). Though it was originally a psalm for the enthronement of …
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phil. 2:12-13 These two verses are perhaps some of the …
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me. Rom. 15:30 Do you know what it means to strive in prayer? Surely it means more than mouthing a few words to God. Surely it means more than …
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4 The call to overcome the world, to refuse to bend to its demands, to not believe its lies, to fail to fall to its temptations, is a call for the perseverance of the …
Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Mt. 6:32 The believer is cared for by a loving Father, who is the Sovereign of the universe. He is the one “whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: and all the inhabitants of …
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man …
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Timothy 1:1-2 How do we stand with Timothy as inheritors of the …
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Timothy 1:1-2 How do we stand with Timothy in faithfully transmitting …
Able also to admonish one another - Romans. 15:14 When we look at the Greek word behind “admonish,” we see that it is one of those rich words that carries more meaning for a single English word to do it justice. The ESV translates it “instruct.” That’s also a good translation. But it can also …