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James 5:1-6 Christians can become so addicted to money and to achieving a higher level of living that they lose all perspective and...

Read Galatians 5:13-26 The flesh and the Holy Spirit are contrary one to the other. Their aims and purposes are diametrically opposed to...

Read Genesis 25:21-26 Jacob was a miracle child. Abraham and Sarah had waited 25 years for Isaac to be born, and Isaac and Rebekah waited...

Romans 15:30-33 The Holy Spirit is a Person because He has emotions. He has the ability to love. Romans 15:30 says, "Now I beseech you,...

Read John 14:12-17 Each member of the Trinity has a distinct role in prayer. The Father waits at the throne of grace to hear the prayers...

Read Revelation 2:12-17 The Lord knows all about our living conditions, the temptations to which we are exposed and the motives that...

Genesis 11:27-32 The trip from Ur of the Chaldees to Haran was not exceedingly hard because they were able to travel northwest along the...

Read Exodus 34:1-4,26-35 Moses was changed when he came down from the mountain. Earlier, he had asked to see the glory of the Lord, but...

Read Romans 8:22-28 Our difficulties in prayer also show up in our lack of power and faith. Of course, if our prayers are selfish,...

James 5:13-16 The reason for calling the elders was apparently because the sickness referred to by James was a sickness that resulted...

Read James 1:26,27 When Jesus Christ is really indwelling a person, it will result in true religion. The word "religion" as used in James...

Read 1 John 2:12-17 Ask yourself these questions: What is the purpose of my life? What am I going after? What are my pleasures? What are...

Ephesians 4:3-7 The unity referred to in Scripture is a spiritual unity of everyone within the Body of Christ; that is, all who have...

Colossians 3:5-11 In Colossians 3:10,11 Paul revealed three truths about those who have put on the new man. First, they have a divine...

Read Colossians 1:13-19 Christ existed prior to all creation. He is "the firstborn of every creature" (Col. 1:15). From the original...

Philippians 4:17-20 Philippians 4:19 cannot be understood apart from the preceding verses. Some Christians have claimed verse 19 but have...

1 John 4:7-21 The apostle did not say, "Try to create and produce love." He said, "Let us love." In other words, we are to release that...

James 3:13-18 It is significant that the characteristics James first listed for godly wisdom are purity and peaceableness. These two have...

Colossians 2:10-15 Realizing that all of the fullness of the Godhead dwells in bodily form in the Lord Jesus Christ, it is then awesome...

Genesis 14:10-16 What should be our attitude when a brother is taken captive by the things of this world? Some have a distorted concept...

Galatians 4:19-31 The lesson God has for us in Galatians 4:19-31 is that we cannot ever fulfill the commandments of God by our own human...

1 John 5:14-21 We do not always know whether a Christian's sin is unto death; for that reason my own suggestion is that we should be sure...

Read Romans 6:1-10 After an individual is justified by faith in Christ, he discovers that he still has a sin nature. This gives him...

Read Romans 3:9-18 Romans 3:18 is not speaking of a reverential fear of God that a person has who recognizes Him as the great Potentate...