Through Jesus' Love

Luke 18:34But they understood none of these things. In the Gospel of Luke, we read how the apostles were told in advance about all the suffering that their Master was about to endure. They were tol…

2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Ch…

Revelation 21:2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Most of us were taught to set goals and to develop step-by-st…

2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. Whenever the trials arise in our lives, the natural response is for us to…

1 John 3:18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. There is an old adage that states that actions speaker louder than words. Nowhere is the old adage more applica…

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Human rationalization leads us to believe that everyone at some level has a good heart. God’…

Mark 6:45Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. The directive was clear to the disciples. “Get in…

Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. Have you ever stubbed your toe on a piece of furniture or perhaps leaned up…

Revelation 3:17For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. In Jesus’ message to the church of Laodicea…

Matthew 5:20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. No man can make himself pure enough to enter heaven by o…

1 Corinthians 1:30God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. Without …

Hebrews 13:20-21Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that y…

Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount have become known as The Beatitudes. To many, The Beatitudes offer …

Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Every…

Matthew 13:32It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. The…

Acts 9:6But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do. Paul’s writings provide the foundational truths upon which our faith in Jesus Christ is built. But as great as Pa…

1 Corinthians 2:4And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. Why is it that when we pray in pub…