“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no...

Jesus stays with us in the form of the Holy Spirit and offers a place in His family and rea...

“He said, ‘Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, s...

Fear of God holds nothing back from Him and allows us the possibility of seeing His extrava...

“Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God to restrain them.” Ps...

Sin falsely promises the good life; God’s blessed life is found in the obedience that restr...

“For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, p...

Earthly prosperity isn’t God’s primary blessing for His children.  

“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of...

Pray for yourself and for others, that they would grow in the knowledge of God.  

“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in...

Seeking and knowing God intimately is a blessing for believers. 

“Then the Lord said, ‘You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came...

Our compassion is often fickle, swelling for things that personally benefit us or bring us ...

“The Lord replied, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about this?’ Then Jonah went out to the east side...

When God asks me (as he did Jonah): “Is it right for you to be angry?’ I must consider care...

“Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.” Jonah 4:...

Loyalty to our own predictions rather than to God’s will is immature, sinful, and self-cent...