"This child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel."LUKE 2:34+The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our LordChrist came to be a light and Savior of all the world, as Simeon...  Read More

As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith.COLOSSIANS 2:6-7+Nothing Apart from GodChrist the Lord says of Himself: "No man has ascen...  Read More

Let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.1 CORINTHIANS 10:12+Our Marvelous ChristKnow that Christ is marvelous in His saints (see Psalm 68:35), and beware of judging or condemning a...  Read More

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.PHILIPPIANS 4:13+Joy in TrialsThe godless are unaware of this feeling of joy in trials. Nor is it a power of human strength, but of the Holy Spirit, ...  Read More

[Cast] all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.1 PETER 5:7+Do Not WorryDo not at all worry. If something should happen to make you worry—as it must, since you have many offenses on earth—t...  Read More

But I, through the abundance of Your steadfast love, will enter Your house. I will bow down toward Your holy temple in the fear of You.PSALM 5:7+Fear and ReverenceOnly the saints revere God, because t...  Read More

[Abraham] believed the LORD, and He counted it to him as righteousness.GENESIS 15:6+Abraham's Extraordinary FaithIf you should ask whether Abraham was righteous before this time, my answer is: He was ...  Read More

[Abram] built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.GENESIS 12:7+An Altar to the LordHere for the first time you see that though the holy patriarch is an exile and a sojourner, neverthel...  Read More

And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And He said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and e...  Read More

Fathers,…bring [your children] up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.EPHESIANS 6:4+A Father's DutyIt is the duty of every father of a family to question and examine his children and servant...  Read More

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.ROMANS 15:1+Expecting PerfectionNo one will be patient with the faults of the other, but each de...  Read More

[Jesus] saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." And he rose and followed Him.MATTHEW 9:9+Comrades in SinAnd it is a wondrous comfort that He chooses such un...  Read More