“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Have you ever felt so much…
Can You Come Down From the Mountain?
By Oswald Chambers, adapted by Sarah Counts “While you have the light, believe in the light…” —John 12:36 We all have moments when we feel better than we ever have before, and we say, “I feel ready for anything; if only I could always be like this!” We are not meant to be! Those moments…
Come Near to God
“7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:7-8 Most of us live in a world that is dominated by people that do not…
1 Timothy 2: 8-10
1 Timothy 2: 8-10 – “Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.”…
1st John 5:1
1 John 5:1 “5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves His child as well.” It isn’t easy to love others. Not the way God loves us. That is why John spent so much time on this topic. So, what does that look…
1st John 3: 7-8
“7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” – 1st John 3: 7-8 The beginning of verse 7 in the ancient Greek is so clear: agapetoi agapomen, means…
1st John 2: 1-2
“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.” – 1st John 2: 1-2…
1st John 1:7
“But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” – 1st John 1:7 What does it mean to walk in the light? The 1 st important thing to recognize is that it IS…
Isaiah 54:10
Isaiah 54:10 “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” Ah, the mountain-top experience. What we feel here, we wish we could remain in this moment and…
Ephesians 2: 8-10
Ephesians 2: 8-10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for…
Luke 3: 21-22
Luke 3: 21-22 21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well…
1 Corinthians 11: 23-26
1 Corinthians 11: 23-26. 23 “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”…
Ephesians 1:17-19
Ephesians 1:17-19. “17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which…
