He must increase, but I must decrease. — John 3:30
John the Baptist didn’t need many words to say that this was the best way to be great. How do you do it? Paul told …
Daily Pray
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. — Proverbs 3:31
Why hasn’t anyone bothered to remind us of what God’s wise servant taught us hundreds of years ago? Many people are looking for a way …
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. — Psalm 4:1
At first, this plea for help sounds like a lot. But when you look more closely, you can see that this is really a cry …
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — Ephesians 4:2
It seems like effort, sweat, and hard work have become dirty words in western Christianity. The Holy Spirit reaches out with his truth to our …
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — 1 Thessalonians 4:3
The word “sanctified” sounds very “churchy,” doesn’t it? It means to be different from other people and set aside for God’s use and glory. We …
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, — Galatians 4:4
Wow! What a deep passage with so many great ideas! Let’s write it in plain English so we can not only understand it but also …
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. — Colossians 4:5
Jesus told us that we will have to answer to God for every thoughtless word we say to other people (Matthew 12:36-37). We need to …
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. — Galatians 4:6
The sounds “ab, ab, ba, ba” are often the first words that babies say. In Jesus’ time, that was the name that babies gave to …
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. — Genesis 3:6
We’ve known the way of sin for thousands of years. Still, we sometimes keep going in the same direction. We’re drawn to something that looks …
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. — Luke 3:22
When Jesus was baptized, God said these wonderful things to him. When we follow our Savior’s example and get baptized, God says the same things …