Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. I have a pastor friend that calls this a flare prayer. It is a prayer you send up real quick when you do not have much time. You know you need God. There […]

Nehemiah 1:11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the […]

Ezra 9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; God’s people realized that God had punished them as a nation much less than they […]

Ezra 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. God gives instruction to the people that the offerings will be handled with preciseness and exactness. Everything was to be counted and weighed. Make sure it is what it appears to be. Write it all down. […]

Ezra 8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. God wanted His offerings taken care of well. He did not allow things to be handled haphazardly. […]

Ezra 7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? The king wanted God’s blessings and not God’s anger. He wanted to see the temple built for […]

Ezra 8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. Ezra states a beautiful truth. God works and answers prayer. When they needed help, they could have asked the king. Instead of asking the king they decided to ask God. God heard their prayer. He answered them. Do […]

John 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. What a beautiful testimony this man gives. He heard the truth. He believed the truth. Then he worshipped the Lord Jesus. You can’t truly worship until you have believed. Have you believed? If you have believed are you worshipping? How many say they […]

John 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. When Jesus told His people the truth, they abandoned Him. They walked with Him no more. They were no longer His disciples. How do you handle the truth? Do you understand that God is to be worshipped even […]

John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Jesus is the light of the world. He came into the world, but the world didn’t want Him. They preferred their sin. They preferred the darkness. Jesus came to […]

Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. The hardened Roman soldier had watched Jesus die. He had seen the sun go dark. He had felt the earthquake. He had heard how Jesus dealt with His accusers. He had seen how Jesus responded […]

Luke 22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Judas was looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus. He didn’t want to make it obvious what he was doing. He would betray Him when the crowds weren’t there. He was wrong. He was ashamed, but […]

Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. God loves sinners. He wants all saved. When someone gets saved, there is great joy in heaven. God loves it when a sinner repents. Seeing people get saved should cause us great […]

Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. God’s ways are not our ways. We think that we need to look out for number one, ourselves. We believe our own press releases. We write them to make ourselves look better than we really are. We look […]

Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Jesus wants to be first. Everything of value has to be put aside. You can’t let anything be there to steal your affection. Make a decision. It is either Jesus or something else. That […]

Luke 8:39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were […]

Luke 7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. Jesus was teaching that the one forgiven the most loves the most. What a relief to know that He forgives us. How it motivates us to love Him more. You have […]

Luke 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. In one verse we have all three distinct persons of the Godhead. The Holy Ghost is descending. Jesus has just […]

Mark 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. Sometimes our hearts are so hard that they surprise us. We think we are listening. We believe we are […]

Job 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, are mighty in power? This is a question that many people ask. Why do those that do not love God seem to deal with fewer problems? Why do God haters succeed while those that love God do not? Why is it that my family is […]

Mark 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. Jesus is coming soon. Satan wants to destroy the work of God. We are commanded to watch, to stay awake, to stay alert, to be on the lookout. We, easily, get complacent about our spiritual walk. We just get into robot or […]

Mark 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Jesus said that there were people following Him that were insincere. They said they loved Him, but they didn’t really. Their heart […]

Mark 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. I call your attention to the three distinct people that are […]

Matthew 28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. Before Jesus died He warned them that He was going to die. He told them of His suffering. He told them He would be killed. He also told them that […]

Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. The Bible teaches that Jesus will one day return to the earth. Just as He came once before He is coming again. He will come in power to set up His kingdom. We are to believe that He is coming. We […]

Matthew 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? The story tells about a man forgiven who refuses to forgive others. The forgiver asks the question, why are you not showing the same compassion to the other as I showed to you. I forgave you […]

Matthew 15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. The religious people were taking each commandment and interpreting it in such a way that it meant nothing at all. They would take God’s Words and manipulate […]

Matthew 12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. God sent Jesus into the world. He is the Messiah, the Anointed One, from the Old Testament. The Jews seemed to have no concept that non-Jewish people would ever believe but Jesus promised that they would. The Jews had been responsible for the good news. […]

Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. You put your money where your heart ought to be. If you invest in something, you will learn to love it. Give and love. You do not love the work of God and maybe wonder why. Could it be that you have […]

Malachi 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: And what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, And that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? What a sad commentary we find here. God’s people claimed that serving God wasn’t profitable for them. They obeyed God but saw […]

Zechariah 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, Which is before Jerusalem on the east, And the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, And there shall be a very great valley; And half of the mountain shall remove […]

Habakkuk 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,That puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, That thou mayest look on their nakedness! The prophet warned against people that use alcohol to get others drunk. They drugged them to take advantage of them. They wanted to abuse them so made them […]

Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; And what doth the LORD require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly with thy God? Micah was speaking to a religious people that totally misunderstood what God was doing with them and what He wanted. God […]

Obadiah 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, And though thou set thy nest among the stars, Thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. Mankind always wants to think too highly of itself. We seek to believe that we are higher than God. We become our own gods. We believe that we […]

Daniel 4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. God sent the wicked king a dream. In the dream, God made it clear that no one could […]

Hosea 10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; Ye have eaten the fruit of lies: Because thou didst trust in thy way, In the multitude of thy mighty men. If you refuse to trust God and His Word you will reap sin. If you believe in anything or anyone else you will plow […]

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. God warns that His people are being destroyed because they haven’t been […]

Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. God gave Daniel prophecies about the future of the world. It wasn’t time for it to be understood just yet. God told Daniel to seal it up till that time. The time […]

Ezekiel 44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. God’s people were not to take road kill to the temple for God’s men to eat. God never wanted any of His people anything that died of natural causes, was wounded and […]

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. He is our great God. He saved […]

Ezekiel 34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD. God’s people are referred to as sheep. We are His flock, His sheep. We belong to Him. He takes care of us. He guides and provides for us. He is our God, and […]

Ezekiel 25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD. God was going to move and act so that the people of Moab would know that He was God. If God remains inactive, then you might not be sure that He really is the Lord, the God […]

Ezekiel 20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. God is very concerned about His reputation. He does things because of His honor, His glory. He doesn’t want the wicked world to […]

Ezekiel 11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. If you take your heart from the God of heaven and go after idols, you will be in great trouble. If your heart […]

Ezekiel 6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. God hates idols and false gods. He hates anything that would attempt to steal His worship. The God of heaven made you. He owns you. The God of […]

Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. God is good to those who believe Him. We believe Him enough to trust Him and know that He will meet our needs. We seek Him because we know who He is and what He does. What […]

Jeremiah 51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, He hath established the world by his wisdom, And hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. There is no way you believe the Bible if you do not think that God literally created the earth. Notice this verse in the book of Jeremiah. It […]

Jeremiah 48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; And he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: For I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. God will judge. There is no place you can run, […]

Jeremiah 39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. God was going to deliver him because he had trusted in the Lord. God would answer his prayer. […]