Setting a Godly Example
But the earlier governors – those preceding me – placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God, I did not act like that. Instead, I devoted myself to […]
Boomerang Judgment
Do not judge or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7:1-2 Judging others has a boomerang effect on our lives. When we judge others, the judgment comes back on us. […]
Accomplishing God’s Purpose through His Strength
Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! Joshua 14:10 When we depend on God, He gives us strength for each season of our lives. […]
Answered Prayer
. . .he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. Luke 1:9-10 The angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah when he […]
Name Above all Names
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one. John 17:15 Jesus prayed to His Father and asked Him to protect His disciples. He did not pray that they be taken out of the world, but that they would be protected while […]
God’s Unfailing Mercy
It does not, therefore, depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. Romans 9:16 Paul makes a radical statement in Romans 9:15: What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For He says to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion […]
Deception
When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it – though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates – Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us […]
Abundant Peace
The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever. Isaiah 32:17 Jehovah Shalom promises that our peace will be like a river. (Isaiah 66:12) When we accept Jesus as our Savior, He comes into us in the form of His Holy Spirit and becomes our “living water” […]
Taking the Land Back for God
Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give them – to the Israelites. I will give you every place where you set your foot. Joshua 1:2-3 Moses, the leader of Israel, died and the baton was passed to Joshua. God […]
Believing Prayer
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6 The godly men and women of the Old Testament prayed with great devotion to God, believing that He would hear their cry. Daniel, […]