Posts Tagged ‘ Bible reading ’
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
John 13:34, ESV
God put us before His own comfort. Likewise, the world will see the truth of Jesus’ first and eventual second coming when they see the sacrificial love we have for each other within the Church.
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:7-8, ESV
Our God came to us, denying His privileges and hiding His glory, as a man, to show us the way, make us clean, and prepare a way until He returns or calls us home.
saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Luke 19:38, ESV
Our Savior has come, and our great King is coming again bringing the full peace of heaven as he restores all things.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah
Psalm 24:10, ESV
May we find rest knowing our God is the King of glory, the only Lord and God.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 4:8, ESV
It only takes one little thing going wrong in this world to show us we are not in control. Let us trust the One who declares the end from the beginning, who knows and controls all things, and dwell in his peace.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23, ESV
We are not saved because we can demonstrate love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These are the evidence we have been saved by grace through faith in Christ.
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 ESV
All we had to offer God was sin, and in His love for us He took it – on the cross, for our forgiveness and to offer eternal life.
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Joshua 1:8, ESV
We think we know the right way to live, but God has told us His expectation.
Let us study the revealed Word of God to find and prepare for eternal life.
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
Psalm 27:4, ESV
We must realize that only by God’s grace can we inherit eternal life. May we seek His face and grace, meeting regularly with fellow believers as we study His Word and pray unceasingly.
“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12, ESV
We can strive to be good on our own, but it takes the Son of Man who died for our sins to find eternal life.
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