“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you: therefore He will rise up to show you compassion.” (Isiah 30:19 NIV) One of my all-time favorite movies is Father of the Bride. If I’ve seen it once, I’ve probably seen it thirty times. The movie…
Author: Anna
Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” (Genesis 3:9-10 NLT) Why do we hide? Sin, for sure, will send us into hiding.…
“Therefore, as you have received Christ the Lord, so walk in Him,” (Colossians 2:6 ESV) Matthew Henry has a great deal to say about this particular verse: “Received Him is to have consented to Him, taken Him for our in every relation and every capacity.…
“When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him…
“For this is what the high and exalted One says – He who lives forever who’s name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the…
“Teach this who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.” (2 Timothy 6:17 NLT) Wealth can…
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you out to have done without neglecting the others. You blind guides, striving out a…
“I therefore, as a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of Sprit…
“Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, the for the Lord Your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today.” (Deuteronomy 4:4 ESV)…
“He wanted desperately to see Jesus, but the crowd was in his way – he was a short man and couldn’t see over the crowd. So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus.” (Luke 19:3-4 MSG)…