Job 39:22 (God said) “He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; and he does not turn back from the sword.” Here God tells Job how He has made the horse a very powerful animal, and yet, after training, a very useful instrument for specific purposes. The one spoken of here must be a war horse. He has been taught not to fear. When he sees and hears a battle, he is not terrified. He doesn’t turn tail and…
Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Left to ourselves, we would never come to the conviction of the truth unless the Holy Spirit opened our ears and allowed the truth about Jesus to pour into our hearts. We hear with our ears, but also with our hearts. If we carry anger or bitterness or unforgiveness, we hinder the Holy Spirits work in our lives. That pipeline to our heart plugs up. The…
II Corinthians 3:6 (God) who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. As believers in Jesus, God has equipped us by His Spirit to be His servants of the new covenant, the new testament, the new agreement. This new covenant does not depend on pleasing God by following the laws to the letter set out in the Old Testament. In…
I John 5:10 The one who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning His Son. When we put our faith and trust in Jesus, we have a new heart. We soon learn God can be trusted in even the smallest whispered requests offered in Jesus’ name. When John baptized Jesus in…
Psalm 18:32 The God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless. Left to ourselves, we are weak in body and spirit. God knows that so He gave us His Spirit to reside in us. This scripture tells us God dresses us for success. No, He doesn’t dress us in Dior gowns and Brooks Brothers suits. He dresses us for warfare. Some people would rather not think about that, but God does. He doesn’t want us to be…
I Corinthians 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. A man that has not received Christ cannot take in the hidden things of the Spirit of God. To him, for God to have sent His own sinless Son to take the death we deserved in order to give us life, makes no sense. It all seems…
I Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in words, but in power. In this scripture, Paul writes to those in Corinth who are arrogant. He tells them he will come soon for a visit if the Lord wills. He’s going to look at their fruit to see if they are spouting empty words or if their ministry is accompanied with signs following. Those signs could be anything from people being healed of various diseases, delivered from…
Acts 1:8 but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth. After Jesus rose from His grave, He met with His disciples. He told them to wait in the city until they were baptized with the Holy Spirit. He told them at that time they would receive power. They were to open…
I John 2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. The apostle John writes this letter to believers to warn them of deceivers in their midst who he calls anti-christs; ones who professed to be believers but who had gone away from them and the faith. Those false believers said only a select few had on inside track to God through special knowledge. They were called Gnostics. John tells the believers they have a…
Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. This scripture not only refers to individuals. It also includes nations. Do you know any person or nation that is a wreck; is crushed or ruptured? Some come to mind immediately. They need more than a band-aid and a couple of aspirin. They need a major overhaul. No amount of human effort is going to bring healing to these wounds. Only Jesus, the All-powerful God, can restore, heal, bind…