Daily Encouragement
For the believer, the Lord Jesus is our only source of strength. And as a believer, we have full access to God through His word and prayer. Here are 12 passages that delineate that for the people of faith it is God and Him alone that provides our strength. Take the…
Recently I witnessed a graphic illustration of one person trying to condemn and steal the joy of another person. By scornfully ridiculing the redemptive and heart transforming power of the gospel that so obviously manifested itself in the person being ridiculed. It…
I Corinthians 1:18 “For the preaching of the cross (that death, burial, and resurrection) is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved (Here it comes now…) it is the (What?) power of God.” That’s why good works will never save anyone. Our good…
As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, I Timothy 1:3 The apostle Paul’s constant concern — is don’t be deceived. Don’t be led astray. But, deception comes in a hundred different…
The reason God set aside the Nation of Israel was to fulfill the promises of Genesis 3:15, that the Seed of the woman would come to be the Redeemer of mankind. In order to bring that to a fulfillment, He sovereignly chose one man, Abraham, to create a people for…
If the twelve apostles didn’t know that Christ was going to shed His blood and die on the cross, be buried, and then raised from the dead three days later never to die again, how could anyone come to the conclusion that the pagan Gentile world knew? Christendom seems…
‘Through the Lord’s mercies, we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”’ Lamentations 3:22-24 God’s mercies are…
Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, II Thessalonians 1:11 When the apostle Paul speaks of power here in verse eleven he is not…
The moment you try to do anything to merit favor with God for salvation, it is no longer a gift. When salvation becomes something you did (anything) for your salvation instead of what Christ has already finished on the cross, God’s grace is nullified. Galatians…
‘But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, ‘ Romans 3:21 Salvation has always been by faith (believing what God says) but from the time God called Moses and gave him the law (Exodus…