Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 In a completely different tone than the “I wills” in Isaiah 14, God is promising here that no matter what happens in the world around…
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 What does it mean to practically “Seek first the kingdom of God.” I think it can mean different things specifically to different people, but the priciple remains…
“But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.” As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and…
Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to…
"And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 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." Mark 4:18-19 This 6-month graph represents hundreds…