The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts (James 3:5). The tongue, small as it is, can lead to disastrous...

[Barnabas] encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts(Acts 11:23). New believers, like children, need loads of...

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you (Psalm 32:8). In Psalm 32, God...

Before they call I will answer(Isaiah 65:24). In our lives, sometimes we struggle with a problem because we won’t ask God. Will You help?...

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and . . . now lives in you(2...

The seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it (Matthew 13:23). Like the mighty oak, most of our...

Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you...

[Jesus Christ] loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood (Revelation 1:5). Most of us have experienced indebtedness in some...

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd (John 10:10–11). “All who have come before me are...

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord . . ., not turning aside to the right or to the left (2 Kings 22:2). The Bible is our tool...

David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod (2 Sam 6:14). Our love for Jesus may express...

They have followed other gods to serve them (Jeremiah 11:10). Jeremiah warned about this: “You, Judah, have as many gods as you have...

They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good work(Nehemiah 2:18). With faith in God and all-out effort, despite enemy...

It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him (Genesis 2:18). None of the creatures God brought before...

But if a wicked person . . . does what is just and right, they will save their life (Ezekiel 18:27). God’s people when they were in...

Two are better than one . . . : If either of them falls down, one can help the other up(Ecclesiastes 4:9–10). It’s good to be...

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have (1 Peter 3:15). Be open about...

I will not yield my glory to another (Isaiah 48:11). “To have a perspective from above opens a whole new world.” God’s perspective from...

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King (Psalm 149:2). The original source of enduring and...

[Christ Jesus] made himself nothing. (Philippians 2:7). Even though Jesus was “in very nature God,” he “did not consider equality with...