1 Timothy 2:1-4 – First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all those in authority, in order that we should live a peaceful and quiet life, in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleasing in the sight of God […]
Archives for March 2020
Pray they come to their senses!
Luke 15:17-18 When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.” We all have loved […]
Now is a good time!
1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the LORD is against evildoers. The Apostle Peter, writing to persecuted and suffering Christians, here quotes Psalm 34:15 to remind them of their most-privileged status and priceless gift. They are […]
The end is at hand!
1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded, unto prayer. Read the short book of 1Peter and one can readily see that Peter wrote this epistle to Christians in a very fearful and difficult place. Their crisis involved not a global pandemic and economic recession, but fierce […]
Jesus is in the boat!
Matthew 8:23-26 Then Jesus got into a boat, and his disciples followed him. Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves—but Jesus was sleeping. So the disciples came and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” And He said to them, “Why […]
Never fear!
Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains crumble into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. There is a river whose streams make glad […]