Adding to God's commands

Interestingly, we are never good at keeping God's command...but then we still add new man made laws to it...of course the Pharisees are our best example in this regard...but we easily fall into the same…

Deuteronomy 4:2 (NIV)

Remembering God's work in our lives!

This verse speaks about God's action in Israel's life. How he took care of them. How He fed them. Sometimes we need to look back in our life's and remember what the Lord has done in our life's in the…

Deuteronomy 2:7 (NIV)

O, Lord don't choose me!

Moses response in Ex 4: 13 is just amazing if you think he became one of the most famous prophets in bible history. What was his attitude towards God's calling: 1- Who am I ? (ex3:11) God answered…

Exodus 4:13 (NIV84)

Do you love me?

This is what religion boils down to. It is not about answering these questions:Do you go to church?Do you give money to the poor?Ask yourself this question : Do I really love the Lord and enjoy His presence?…

John 21:16 (NIV)

Jesus loved him

mark 10:21 "Jesus looked at him and loved him" what a precious experience..how many people can say Jesus looked at us and loved us. Why did Jesus loved this many? because he tried to keep the commandments....even…

Mark 10:21 (KJV)

if you can

Imagine saying this..if you can... to the Creator of the universe...

Mark 9:23 (KJV)

robbed of speech

A man in the crowd answered, Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. I can't help but thing as I have read this verse just like it is before me now....that…

Mark 9:17 (KJV)

smelly disciples

"9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt" I can understand the part of no bread, no bag, no money but this is insane...what were the disciples suppose to do? Their hosts were to provide them with clothes?…

Mark 6:9 (KJV)

simple faith

"Where did this man get these things?" they asked. "What's this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? Sometimes we are called just to believe and to leave…

Mark 6:3 (NIV)

Abraham blessed by bread and wine

18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, Is n't this amazing, this man chosen by God is now blessed with bread and wine....This is in essential the…

Genesis 14:17 (NIV84)

Keeping one's spiritual life alive!

8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. Where…

Genesis 12:8 (NIV)

Noah from hero to zero

What a bizarre verse in the context of the Noah story. First he was found to be the only righteous man in God's sight. Then God saved him and his family. He made the sacrifice that was pleasing to God…

Genesis 9:21 (ASV)

work - before the fall

So this is interesting : God created us to work before the fall....but how is it that we don't enjoy work?For most  people work is a drag and just a means to an end...to survive financially. Maybe that…

Genesis 2:15 (NIV84)

Obedience : part of your Christian life?

13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ I read the above verse tonight and you have…

2 Corinthians 9:13 (NIV84)

3 things to excell in...in the christian life

7 But just as you excel in everything–in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us–see that you also excel in this grace of giving. This morning this verse jumps…

2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV84)

Joy - our response to Trial

2 Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. This verse makes me ashame this morning. So many times in my life when I am facing difficult…

2 Corinthians 8:2 (NIV84)

God comforts us

6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus For me this verse is just encouraging this morning to see how God comforts us...not by miracles...not by the appearing of angels…

2 Corinthians 7:6 (NIV84)

Your sin does not count

19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as…

2 Corinthians 5:19 (NIV84)

Your Goal : To please God

9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. In the bussiness and corporate world it is common to discuss the company's goals for the year as well as individual…

2 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV84)

God made us for this purpose....

5 Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. THis verse touch on the subject of : "Why has God created us?. An answer…

The power of Creation

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. Paul takes us back here to the…

2 Corinthians 4:6 (NIV84)

Law vs the gospel

10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! 12 Therefore, since…

2 Corinthians 3:10 (NIV84)

Tablets on which the Spirit writes.

3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. The Spirit…

2 Corinthians 3:3 (NIV84)

Standing firm by faith

"24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm." What is it that makes us hold on to faith, believing what we believe....is it our knowledge…

2 Corinthians 1:24 (NIV84)

Who will you boast of?

14 as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus. In the world people are usually boasting about…

2 Corinthians 1:14 (NIV84)