Luke 1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Mary was blessed because she had believed the promise of the Lord through the angel. What she was told would be coming true. Please focus on the fact that she was […]

Psalm 78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: For he gave them their own desire; They were not satisfied with God’s provision. They complained and asked for their will instead of God’s will. Surprisingly God gave them what they wanted. He gave them an abundance of what they wanted. They were satisfied. The […]

Psalm 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart By asking meat for their lust. God was providing every day for His people. They were eating “angel food!” They became dissatisfied. I can imagine that at first, they were super happy with what God was doing. Then they ate the same thing every day, day […]

Mark 15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. Pilate is practicing political correctness even before it is a term. He will please the people, content them, in spite of his convictions. He will release Barabbas, the criminal instead […]

Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.  Jesus told His disciples that they should be watching and praying. This word watch means to stay awake and be watchful. We can’t let our walk with God be lulled into complacency and laziness. […]

Numbers 14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.  God’s people had rebelled against Him. When they realized that God was angry due to their lack of faith, they decided to step out. They would be stepping out in their independence and rebellion. They […]

Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.  Caleb is a different kind of man. Caleb’s spirit was different. He had a different heart, a different attitude. The others […]

Numbers 11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.  Moses needed help. God directed Moses to bring […]

I Samuel 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. Samuel’s mom wanted to be a mother more than she wanted to live. She had dreamed of having a baby. Her sister-wife mocked her relentlessly […]

Psalm 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them: But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou hadst a favour unto them. So often we think we have accomplished things. God has done the work. We […]

Psalm 44:8 In God we boast all the day long, And praise thy name for ever. Selah. We should live in an attitude of praise. We should go around bragging on the Lord all the time. He saved us. He comforts us. He answers our prayer. He provides for us. He is everything to us. […]

Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!  It is so easy to focus on money. The world lives for money. Money makes the world go round. […]

Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Jesus compared being salty to having a good testimony. It meant that the believer would affect the community around him. Salt would give flavor. So every believer […]

Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.  Our faith is the only thing that limits what God can and will do in our lives. He is the God of the impossible. We tend to live in doubt and fear. We allow ourselves to live […]

Mark 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.  Following Jesus means surrender. It means that we say no to ourselves. We decide not to do what we […]

Leviticus 26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. God reminds the nation of Israel that He is their God. He is the One that […]

Leviticus 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. God severed the nation of Israel from all other people. He wanted them to be exclusively His. They were to be holy because He is holy. They were […]

Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. We are to love our neighbor. We are to love people. We are not to try to get even with […]

Mark 6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Isn’t this the story of our lives. We see God do great things. We are so excited that we are part of what He is doing. Then we get used to is. We quit being sensitive to the Holy […]

Psalm 126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; Whereof we are glad. Do you recognize that God has done in your life? Have you taken the time to count your blessings? I know you are glad that things are going well but do you attribute your benefits to the Lord or just you […]

Proverbs 25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift Is like clouds and wind without rain. Be careful not to pretend to be what you are not. If you brag or boast about being able to do something you are unable to do, then you become a proverb. You can’t deliver. You are like clouds […]

Psalm 111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: The LORD is gracious and full of compassion. God wants us to remember what He has done. It is so easy to forget His goodness. We grow accustomed to it so much that it seems reasonable rather than extraordinary. God has been good to […]

Leviticus 10:10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;  God wanted His people to be able to distinguish between what was right and what was wrong. Would they know the difference between clean and unclean? Some things would be holy and right, and some would be unholy […]

Photo by Wei Ding on Unsplash Mark 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. This verse refers to unbelievers that can’t trust God because of the hold that money has on them. They are too […]

Psalm 84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;  The rain also filleth the pools. The valley of Baca refers to a place of weeping. The idea is that the person is going to difficulty in life. This person grieves, hurts. They feel dreary, and everything hurts, etc. Even in a […]

Psalm 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: And they walked in their own counsels. The nation of Israel has so rebelled against God that He has decided to give them what they want. They will live by their own decisions. They will get what they want. This decision, in no […]

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Proverbs 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: And a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. More wisdom cries for fewer words. Sometimes people talk a lot to cover up the fact that they do not know much. More words can lead to more wounds. Much […]

Mark 1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. Jesus wanted to travel to the next town. He wanted to share the gospel there also. He came to this earth to preach. How can I read this truth and […]

Matthew 27:66  So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. I love this verse. Those who do not believe the God of the Bible work hard at hiding the truth. They try to be sure that the truth of Jesus Christ will not get out. No matter what […]

Exodus 36:5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. In forty years of ministry, I have never had this problem, nor have I seen it in my entire life. God’s people were taking offerings to build the […]

Psalm 78:11 And forgat his works, And his wonders that he had shewed them. God had done great and beautiful things in the lives of His people Israel. He had shown Himself strong. God had worked miracle after miracle. Regardless, His people forgot all that He had done. That forgot that He had shown Himself […]

Exodus 34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I […]

Exodus 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.  Moses calls […]

Psalm 67:7 God shall bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. The psalmist says that the ends of the earth will fear God. God would bless the people of Israel. Then the entire world would hear about God and come to reverence Him. What a wonderful promise of world evangelism […]

Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. God’s people not only speak the truth, but they also hate lies. They hate anything but the truth. How is it that some Christians will stoop to lie. They are not living and acting like people of truth. […]

Exodus 28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. God wants us “set apart” to Him, holiness. God marked the man of God with a breastplate that said this very thing, Holiness to the Lord. ‘God’s man was to […]

Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: What horrific words we find in this verse. Depart from me. Separated from God, the king, these people will find themselves alone. Not only will they be […]

Psalm 44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me. It is so easy to trust in our weapons. We want to be able to carry a gun so that we can defend ourselves. The psalmist remembers that he will not trust his weapons. He knows that neither his […]

Exodus 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Nothing brings more anger feelings than illegal aliens. We want to build a wall! I understand all the politics, I think but let’s consider what God told the Jews. […]

Exodus 22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. God will not share His glory with another. God will not be one of your gods. You will love and honor Him alone, or you will not be honoring Him. God’s people were taught that they were […]

Exodus 21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,  This is one of the most maligned verses in the Bible. People are horrified that someone would say that there would be an eye for an eye, but reading the Bible should encourage you. You see an eye for an eye […]

Exodus 16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.  There is a great life lesson in this verse. God told His people to gather the manna. They were to gather […]

Exodus 15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. It is so easy to forget that God has power over everything. He has control over the floods. He has power over everything […]

Psalm 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? The great God of the universe takes the time to think about little, tiny humans. You may think you are something, but if you could see us from space, you would know we are microscopic. […]

Exodus 10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. I think that it is easy to read the Bible and not notice how close some people got to knowing God and then walked away. In […]

Matthew 23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. The religious leaders were teaching the people to do the right things. However, they were not doing what they taught. They were religious hypocrites. They told people to do […]

Matthew 20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.  Everyone is jostling to be in the first place. We push and shove to get ahead. That is what two disciples are doing. They want to be on the right and left hand in the kingdom. They want […]

Exodus 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. Moses has begun taking steps to free the people of […]