And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart (Jer 29:13).
“It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23). Every day God provides fresh mercy, and every day we need to receive…
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof” (Proverbs 18:21). Scripture treats our words as seeds, and it tells us where the Word of faith is found: “The…
“But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand” (Isaiah 64:8). The believer is not an accident or an afterthought. God Himself is shaping…
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? … But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:55, 57). The resurrection is the victory that Hosea foretold.…
“All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him” (Matthew 11:27). Jesus is…
“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek” (Psalm 27:8). The Lord invites His people to seek Him, and He wants the answer to come from the heart. This chapter…
“Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee” (Psalm 84:4). The psalmist longed for the house of the Lord, and Jesus tells us that His house is open to anyone who will abide in…
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in…
Faith is rarely discovered alone. It is passed from one life to another. Paul wrote to Timothy of “the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded…
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith” (Hebrews 10:22). God invites every believer to come close, and He promises, “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you” (James 4:8). Yet not…
“And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach” (Mark 3:14). Jesus gave two reasons for choosing the twelve, and the order matters: first to be with Him, then to…
Of all the questions in the Gospels, one stands above the rest: “But whom say ye that I am?” (Matthew 16:15). Peter answered, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God,” and Jesus told him that flesh and…
The New Testament writers strain for words to describe Jesus. He is “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature” (Colossians 1:15), and He Himself said, “he that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9).…
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the…
An angel told Joseph, “thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). The name itself carries the message: the Lord saves. And the apostles proclaimed that “there is none other name…
God has given Jesus “a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow” (Philippians 2:9-10). It is the name by which we are saved, the name in which we pray, and, as…
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst” (John 6:35). The manna that fell in the wilderness was a picture of Him: given…
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