Therefore, encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you are also doing. I Thessalonians 5:11 NASB Build up – Every believer is in the construction business. But that does not mean you and I are fabricating our own building. We are assembling the houses of others. The Greek makes it very clear. …
February 20 “It is necessary for me to work the works of Him who sent Me while it is still day. John 9:4 (J. Green, TR) It is necessary – What is your highest priority? What defines your life so that if everything else were taken away, you would still be about doing what you…
And His disciples asked him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind.” John 9:2 NASB Who sinned – Someone has to be at fault! Life doesn’t go the way we want it to. Someone’s to blame! “Lord, this isn’t fair. I don’t deserve this. Who made this…
Not that I have already obtained it, or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12 NASB Press On – How do I change boule into thelo? When we discovered yesterday that “will”…
“For I have come down out of heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him who sent me.” John 6:38 NASB Will – There are two words in Greek that are translated “will.” Knowing the difference between these words is crucial. The first is thelo. It means intending to do…
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh even his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel. 2 Chronicles 33:18 NASB Manasseh – Manasseh was one of the…
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.” John 14:23 NASB We will come – We need a partner, not a plan. We don’t need a plan. In my experience,…
“He who has My commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves Me, and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him.” John 14:21 NASB Keeps them – From Adam until now, no man has been able to fulfill this requirement. …
Therefore, the land mourns and all who dwell in it waste away; the animals of the field, the birds of the air, and even the fish of the sea are taken away. Hosea 4:3 (Dearman, NICOT) Mourns – God designed His creation with one thing in mind: response. Everything God did established the opportunity for…
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has put darkness on my paths.” Job 19:8 NASB Walled Up – The great difference between a believer and a non-believer is perspective. The non-believer’s worldview is filled with help-myself actions. The prayers of non-believers are really attempts to get some divine…
