Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another. Romans 12:10 Or, as the ESV translates it: Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. One of the ways the love commanded in verse 9 is manifested is in a family spirit …
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Luke 23:56 What do you do when your world comes crashing down and God's purposes seem hidden? I don't think it would be hyperbole to say that this is probably what these women (ver. 55; …
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. Phil. 3:8 It struck me when I last read this passage that to gain Christ, Paul first …
Thou hast seen it. Ps. 10:14 The wicked pretend as if God doesn't hear their blasphemies or see their sins. They act as if there is no God, and carry on in the confidence that they will get away with injustice and evil. This was true in the Psalmist's day and it is true in our day. Generation after …
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Psalm 9:10 King David is speaking from experience here; he is arguing that those who seek the Lord will find that God will not forsake them. Again and again, David had found this to be …
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. 1 Thess. 1:6 The apostle Paul is recounting in the first chapter of his letter to the church in Thessaloniki, the conversion of the church there. It is interesting how the …
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. Prov. 21:30 Of course this verse is not saying that no one seeks to apply their knowledge and wisdom against the Lord or that people don't band together to take counsel against the Lord and against his Anointed (cf. Ps. 2!). When I …
Man's goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way? Prov. 20:24 Verses like this should be deeply comforting to God's children. Here the Wise Man tells us that "man's goings are of the Lord." This is stated in the widest possible terms - there is no one for whom this is not …
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Ps. 2:4 We need to remember that all the plans of the wicked have neither startled God, nor do they worry him. And when they carry out their schemes, God is not wringing his hands. What is he doing? He is laughing, …
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Mt. 5:4 No one can count how many reasons there are for mourning. We could try to enumerate them, but someone could always step forward and present a new and different cause of pain and sorrow. But this verse is not meant to merely encompass …