Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.1 PETER 4:19+Trusting Our CreatorThat is, those whom God afflicts with suffering which...  Read More

Ask rain of the LORD in the season of the spring rain.ZECHARIAH 10:1+Ask for the GospelBecause the promise was made . . . that the Gospel would come, therefore prepare for it, and do not merely wait f...  Read More

"Honor your father and your mother."EXODUS 20:12+Standing in God's PlaceWe must, therefore, impress this truth upon the young that they should think of their parents as standing in God's place. They s...  Read More

We rejoice in our sufferings.ROMANS 5:3+Christian BoastingPaul shows what true Christian boasting is, namely, to boast, rejoice, and be proud in suffering, shame, weakness, etc. The world not only reg...  Read More

"The righteous shall live by faith."ROMANS 1:17+Only by Christ's WorkListen to this: For Christ alone it is proper to help and save others with His merits and works. The works of others are of benefit...  Read More

"The bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."JOHN 6:33+The Bread of LifeThus the Lord declared above: "He who believes in Me has eternal life" and: "I am the bread o...  Read More

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.PSALM 119:105+Living in the LightIt is a great gift of God to live in the light of the Word and the divine calling. For this is the golden and rou...  Read More

"The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."MATTHEW 13:33+The New LeavenThe Gospel, the new leaven, once it has been mixed int...  Read More

[Jesus] said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer.' "MATTHEW 21:13+Gifts of the SacramentsGod has freely given us His Son and all His gifts, such as His Word, the Suppe...  Read More

"Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."MATTHEW 11:28+Christ, Our ComforterIf Christ appears in the guise of a wrathful judge or lawgiver who demands an accounting of...  Read More

Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.ROMANS 3:31+Fulfilling the LawBehold, this is the doctrine and the power of the Gospel and the treasure by w...  Read More

And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.ROMANS 8:17+Our InheritanceHaving heard that Christ, ...  Read More