Discovering Truth - Verse of the Day

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A Mother's Influence Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children. Someone has said, “Like mother, like children.” Most of the noble characters and fine leaders of history have had good, God-fearing mothers. We are told that George Washington’s mother was pious, and that Sir Walter Scott’s mother was a lover of poetry and music. On the other hand, we are told that Nero’s mother was a murderess and that the dissolute Lord Byron’s mother was a proud and violent woman. The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry. Daily Prayer Thank You, Lord, for mothers who love You. Their influence is felt around the world.

Truth Brings Freedom The mark of a true Christian is found in his personal relationship to the Person of Jesus Christ. Christianity is Christ. Christ is Christianity. I speak reverently when I say that Jesus is more than His ideas. All that He said was true, but without Him even the truth would have been powerless. Men know the power of truth, and truth is that which sets men free. Jesus said, “I am the truth.” Daily Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for the shackles that have been broken in my life!

“Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100:3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/psa.100.3.nkjv

The Need For Love A husband and wife visited an orphanage where they hoped to adopt a child. In an interview with the boy they wanted, they told him in glowing terms about the many things they could give him. To their amazement the little fellow said, “If you have nothing to offer except a good home, clothes, toys, and the other things that most kids have—why, I would just as soon stay here.” “What on earth could you want besides those things?” the woman asked. “I just want someone to love me,” replied the little boy. There you have it! Even a little boy knows that “man shall not live by bread alone.” Our deeper yearnings and longings can be met only by a renewed fellowship with the One in whose image we were created, God. Daily Prayer Thank You for loving me, God. This knowledge never ceases to amaze me. I praise and love You, my heavenly Father.

God is in Nature To look into a microscope is to see another universe so small that only the electronic microscope can even find it. For instance, it is revealed that one single snowflake in a snowstorm with millions of other snowflakes is the equivalent of twenty billion electrons. Scientists are learning that the miniature world of a single living cell is as astonishing as man himself. God says that we can learn a great deal about Him just by observing nature. Because He has spoken through His universe, all men are without excuse for not believing in Him. This is why the Psalmist said, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” (Psalm 14:1). Daily Prayer The infinitesimal beauty of Your creation speaks to my heart of the certainty of Your presence, almighty and everlasting God.

Jesus is Alive! For personal Christianity, the resurrection is all-important. There is a vital interrelation to the existence of Christianity itself, as well as to the individual believer, in the message of the Gospel. The Swiss theologian, Karl Barth, said, “Do you want to believe in the living Christ? We may believe in Him only if we believe in His corporeal resurrection. This is the content of the New Testament. We are always free to reject it, but not to modify it, nor to pretend that the New Testament tells something else. We may accept or refuse the message, but we may not change it.” Christianity as a system of truth collapses if the resurrection is rejected. That Jesus rose from the dead is one of the foundation stones of our faith. Daily Prayer Lord, let me live today with the constant thought that You are alive!

He Died For Us As we stand at the cross of Christ we see a glorious exhibition of God’s love. Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, “While we were powerless to help ourselves . . . Christ died for sinful men.” In human experience, it is a rare thing for one man to give his life for another, even if the latter be a good man, though there have been a few who have had the courage to do it. Yet the proof of God’s amazing love is this: that it was “while we were sinners Christ died for us.”  A beautiful young society leader came to visit my wife and me. She had been converted to Christ in one of our Crusades, and she was absolutely radiant in her transformation. Already she had learned scores of Scripture verses by heart and was so full of Christ that we sat for two hours listening to her give her moving testimony. Over and over she said, “I cannot understand how God could  forgive  me. I have been such a wicked sinner. I just cannot understand the love of God.” Daily Prayer It is b

“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭11:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/luk.11.13.nkjv

Wisdom to Understand When Jesus uttered His words of comfort in the first few verses of the fourteenth chapter of John’s Gospel, concluding with, “And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know” (John 14:4), Thomas said unto Him, “Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?” (John 14:5). Jesus answered him with a statement which has in it the ring of eternity. It was sublimely simple and yet profoundly deep. Its surface meaning was clear to all, and yet the great theologians have never completely sounded its mighty depths. This is that statement, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6).  In one majestic sweep, these words silenced Thomas’ questioning tongue and brought reassurance and peace to the hearts of the other disciples. Within the marvel of that authoritative sentence from the lips of the Son of God, there was enough comfort to assuage the sufferings of the tormented, enough wisdom to satisfy those

The Ability to Believe It is impossible to believe anything into existence. The Gospel did not come into being because men believed it. The tomb was not emptied of Christ’s body that first Easter because some faithful persons believed it. The fact preceded the faith. We are psychologically incapable of believing without an object of our faith. The object of Christian faith is Christ. Faith means more than an intellectual assent to the claims of Christ. You are not called upon to believe something that is not credible, but to believe in the fact of history that in reality transcends all history. Faith actually means surrender and commitment to the claims of Christ. We do not know Christ through the five physical senses, but we know Him through the sixth sense that God has given every man—the ability to believe. Daily Prayer As I keep my eyes on You, Lord, my faith does not waver. Too often I look down and stumble. Let me comprehend today afresh the power that raised You from the

Transformed By Grace Augustine was one of the greatest theologians of all time. He was a wild, intemperate, immoral youth. In spite of his mother’s pleadings and prayers, he grew worse instead of better. But one day he had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ that transformed his life. His restlessness and the practice of sin disappeared. He became one of the great saints of all time. John Newton was a slave trader on the west coast of Africa. One day in a storm at sea he met Jesus Christ. He went back to England and became an Anglican clergyman. He wrote scores of hymns, one of which has become the modern popular song, “Amazing Grace.” This is what Christ can do for anyone who puts his trust in Him. Daily Prayer Your amazing grace transformed even my unworthy life—I love You, Lord Jesus!

Don't Trust Your Heart. One of the ironies of human nature is that it often has a way of rejecting the best and accepting the worst. Why did the crowd ask for the release of Barabbas and the crucifixion of Jesus? The answer is in the biblical statement, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” Jesus is just as divine today and just as much alive as He was on that first Good Friday. Yet millions today don’t accept Him. His goodness is still a rebuke to our badness; His purity still shows up our impurities; His sinlessness still reveals our sinfulness; and unless we allow Him to destroy the evil within us, the evil within us still wants to destroy Him. This is the conflict of the ages. Daily Prayer Lord Jesus, when I reflect upon the agony of Your death at Calvary, my heart is once again humbled at the magnitude of Your love for all mankind.

What Makes Christianity Different? Something distinguishes Christianity from all the religions of the world. Not only does it carry the truth of the redemption, by the death of our Savior for our sins on the cross, but it carries the fact that Christ rose again. Only the Christian faith claims that its Leader died and rose again and is alive at this moment. Many gravestones carry the inscription, “Here lies . . . ,” but on Christ’s tomb are emblazoned the words, “He is not here.” Christianity has no shrines to visit, no dusty remains to venerate, no tombs at which to worship. Many good men have lived, and still live, in the memory of those who knew them, but there is only one Man who conquered death—Jesus Christ—and He will live forever. Daily Prayer The account of Your resurrection never ceases to bring me joy, Lord Jesus

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. He saves those whose spirits have been crushed.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34:18‬ ‭ICB‬‬ http://bible.com/1359/psa.34.18.icb

Glory in the Cross What glory is there in the cross? It was an instrument of torture and shame. Why did Paul glory in it? He gloried in it because the most selfless act ever performed by men or angels took place upon it. He saw—emanating from that rough, unartistic beam upon which the Son of God had been crucified—the radiant hope of the world, the end of the believer’s bondage to sin, and the love of God shed abroad in the hearts of men. A lone man dying on a cross did more to restore man’s lost harmony with God, his fellowman, and himself, than the combined genius and power of earth’s mighty. With my finite limitations, I cannot fully comprehend the mystery of Christ’s atonement. I only know that all who come to the cross in simple, trusting faith lose all their guilty stains and find peace with God. Daily Prayer Like the Apostle Paul, Father, help me to glory in the cross of Jesus and more fully understand the tremendous meaning it has for me as a believer and for all who wo

Endless Forgiveness Look at Christ’s death. In one biography of the great American, Daniel Webster, 863 pages deal with his career and just five pages are devoted to his death. In Hay’s life of Abraham Lincoln there are 5,000 pages but only 25 are devoted to the dramatic story of his assassination and death. In most biographies the deaths of the subjects are mere incidents at the close of the books. But when we come to the four “biographies” of Jesus, the four Gospels, we are confronted with a strange fact. One-third of Matthew is given to a description of the death of Christ. One-third of Mark, one-fourth of Luke, and one-half of John are given to His death. All these pages are devoted to the last 24 hours of His life. The death of Jesus Christ is a significant fact in human history, because Jesus Christ came for the express purpose of dying for sinners. When He left heaven, He knew He was going to the cross. Daily Prayer Lord Jesus, what agony You suffered for me upon the cro

17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord. (‭Isaiah‬ ‭54‬:‭17‬ NIV)

Cleansed by Blood Blood is mentioned 460 times in the Bible. Fourteen times in the New Testament Jesus spoke of His own blood. Why? Because by the shedding of His blood, He accomplished the possibility of our salvation. He paid the penalty for our sin and redeemed us. The penalty for our sin and rebellion is death; Jesus stepped out and said, “I’ll take that death.” He voluntarily laid down His life and took the penalty we deserve. That’s what the cross is all about.  The blood of Jesus Christ not only redeems us, it justifies us. Being justified means more than being forgiven. I can say, “I forgive you,” but I can’t justify you. But God not only forgives the past, He clothes you in righteousness as though you had never committed a sin. Yet it cost the blood of His Son on the cross. Daily Prayer Lord Jesus, with a deeply grateful heart I thank You for Your sacrifice upon the cross. Your blood has cleansed my sin and made me worthy of forgiveness.

He is the Light Under the picture of Peter Milne, hanging in the church he founded on the little New Hebrides Island of Nguna, these words are found: “When he came, there was no light. When he died, there was no darkness.” When Christ came into the world, there was no light. Matthew (quoting Isaiah) said of Him, “The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up” (Matthew 4:16). Harry Lauder once said that during his boyhood, he could tell where the lamplighter was “by the trail of light he left behind him.” Christ was the heavenly Lamplighter. Everywhere He went, the midnight gloom of sin and despair disappeared before Him. Daily Prayer My heart and soul praise You, my risen Redeemer, for the light that pervades the deepest gloom and transforms our lives with Your love.

Let Your Light Shine The world’s difficulty is summed up in the words, “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness understood it not.” The light of Easter is shining, but men refuse to turn to its healing rays for forgiveness, redemption, and salvation. Thus Christ is being rejected by the overwhelming majority of humanity today. As a result, men stumble on in spiritual darkness blindly toward destruction, judgment, and hell. In the midst of the darkness and “void” at the creation of the world, God said, “Let there be light.” In your own mind-darkened, will-paralyzed, conscience-dulled soul, God can make the light penetrate and turn the darkness of your own life into day, if you will let Him. Many of you are living in spiritual darkness, confused, frustrated, disturbed, and fearful. Let the Light come into your heart by faith. Daily Prayer At Easter time, as nature breaks through into glorious re-creation, I am reminded of the glory of Your resurrection! I praise You,

God's Endless Love Who can describe or measure the love of God? God is love. But the fact that God is love does not mean that everything is sweet, beautiful, and happy, and that God’s love could not possibly allow punishment for sin. God’s holiness demands that all sin be punished, but God’s love provided a plan of redemption and salvation for sinful man. God’s love provided the cross of Jesus Christ by which man can have forgiveness and cleansing. It was the love of God that sent Jesus Christ to the cross.  No matter what sin you have committed, no matter how black, dirty, shameful, or terrible it may be, God loves you. Yet this love of God that is immeasurable, unmistakable, and unending, this love of God that reaches to wherever a man is, can be entirely rejected. God will not force Himself upon anyone against his will. It is your part to believe. It is your part to receive. Nobody else can do it for you. Daily Prayer Your love overwhelms me, Father. In spite of my sin,

Jesus Never Changes The Bible says, “It is appointed unto men once to die,” and to the average person this seems a stark and hopeless situation. Hundreds of philosophies and scores of religions have been invented to circumvent the Word of God. Modern philosophers and psychologists are still trying to make it appear that there is some way out other than the path of Jesus. But people have tried them all, and none of them leads anywhere but down. Christ came to give us the answers to the three enduring problems of sin, sorrow, and death. It is Jesus Christ, and He alone, who is also enduring and unchanging, “the same yesterday, today, and forever.” All other things may change, but Christ remains unchangeable.  In the restless sea of human passions Christ stands steadfast and calm, ready to welcome all who will turn to Him and accept the blessings of safety and peace. For we are living in an age of grace, in which God promises that “whosoever will” may come and receive His Son. But thi

A Pure Heart The Pharisees were not happy men. They had furrowed brows, nervous tension, frustration. They were full of resentments, bitterness, prejudices, and hatreds. Why? Simply because they had lost sight of God’s conception of the pure in heart. They thought that as long as they kept the letter of the law that was enough. But this was not God’s plan. This did not produce purity of heart. This did not bring about happiness of soul. Jesus taught that God looks deeper than the outside actions of an individual. He searches and ponders the heart. God judges not so much the outside as He does the inside. He looks to the motives, thoughts, and intents of your heart. Daily Prayer Father, give me purity of heart that in true humility I may serve and praise You

Standing Firm Daniel and his companions were tempted to forsake their godly heritage, but they refused. They even faced a fiery furnace rather than compromise. God honored their faith and mightily used them. Moses was surrounded by the luxury and godlessness of the Egyptian court, but cast in his lot with his own people. Lot lived in Sodom and saw the obscenities of that doomed city. God saved him out of it because he trusted in Him. Every one of our Lord’s apostles sealed their faith with their lives. Since then, history has been replete with the lives of men who have put God and His way of life above all else. Daily Prayer Help me to stand by faith in You, when I am tempted, almighty God.

We Need Faith! Dr. Wernher von Braun, the guiding scientist in the development of our great space rockets, has said, “The materialists of the 19th century and the Marxist heirs of the 20th tried to tell us that as science yields more knowledge about the creation, it makes us able to live without faith in a Creator. Yet so far, with every new answer we have discovered new questions. The better we understand the intricacies of the atomic structure, the nature of life and the master plan for the galaxies, the more reason we have found to marvel at the wonder of God’s creation. But our need for God is not based on awe alone. Man needs faith just as he needs food, water, and air. With all the science in the world, we need faith in God.” Daily Prayer Father, man’s incredible inventions are so insignificant when I contemplate Your magnificent creation. Yet, in complete dependence, I realize my need of faith in You for my smallest need.

Tame Your Temper You have a temper! There is nothing unique about that. Most people have tempers, in varying degrees, of course. God does not ask that you get rid of that temper. But He does say that if you are to be happy, it must be brought under control and rechanneled to proper use. God cannot use a man without a temper as well as one with a controlled temper. Too many professed Christians never get “wrought up” about anything; they never get indignant with injustice, with corruption in high places, or with the godless traffics which barter away the souls and bodies of men. Daily Prayer Use my anger to help others, Lord. When I see them hurting or Your world decaying, let me be challenged to reach out—instead of merely exploding.

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. [Selah (‭Psalms‬ ‭68‬:‭19‬ ASV)

The Secret of Contentment Jesus told His disciples that the world would hate them. They would be “as sheep in the midst of wolves.” They would be arrested, scourged, and brought before governors and kings. Even their loved ones would persecute them. As the world hated and persecuted Him, so it would treat His servants. Thousands of Christians have learned the secret of contentment and joy in trial. Some of the happiest Christians I have met have been life-long sufferers. They have had every reason to sigh and complain, being denied so many privileges and pleasures that they see others enjoy, yet they have found greater cause for gratitude and joy than many who are prosperous, vigorous, and strong.  In all ages, Christians have found it possible to maintain the spirit of joy in the hour of trial. In circumstances that would have felled most men, they have so completely risen above them that they actually have used the circumstances to serve and glorify Christ. Daily Prayer Lord

Needing a Breakthrough? When I was a boy, radio was just coming of age. We would gather around a crude homemade set and twist the three tuning dials in an effort to establish contact with the transmitter. Often, all the sound that came out of the amplifier was the squawk of static; but we knew that somewhere out there was the unseen transmitter, and if contact was established and the dials were in adjustment, we could hear a voice loud and clear. After a long time of laborious tuning, the far distant voice would suddenly break through and a smile of triumph would illuminate the faces of all in the room. At last we were tuned in!  In the revelation that God established between Himself and us, we can find a new life and a new dimension of living, but we must “tune in.” There are higher levels of living to which we have never attained. There is peace, satisfaction, and joy that we have never experienced. God is trying to break through to us. The heavens are calling. God is speaking! L

The Secret of Happiness King George V wrote on the flyleaf of the Bible of a friend, “The secret of happiness is not to do what you like to do, but to learn to like what you have to do.” Too many think of happiness as some sort of will-o’-the-wisp thing that is discovered by constant and relentless searching. It is not found by seeking. It is not an end in itself. Pots of gold are never found at the end of the rainbow, as we used to think when we were children; gold is mined from the ground or panned laboriously from a mountain stream. Jesus once told His disciples, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” The “things” He spoke of were the things that make us feel happy and secure—food, drink, clothes, shelter. He told us not to make these the chief goal of our lives but to “seek the kingdom” and these needs would be automatically supplied. There, if we will take it, is the secret of happiness. Daily Prayer Forgive

God of Order The trouble with our modern thinking is that we have a conception that God is a haphazard God with no set rules of life and salvation. Ask the astronomer if God is a haphazard God. He will tell you that every star moves with precision in its celestial path. Ask the scientist if God is a haphazard God. He will tell you that His formulas and equations are fixed, and that to ignore the laws of science would be a fool’s folly. If the laws in the material realm are so fixed and exact, is it reasonable that God could afford to be haphazard in the spiritual realm, where eternal destinies of souls are at stake? Just as God has equations and rules in the material realm, God has equations and rules in the spiritual. Daily Prayer Thank You, God, for Your absolute divine order. Amid confusion, it brings me hope and perfect peace.

Explanation -  https://instagram.com/p/BjFtAwIhiRc/ You have a tongue and a voice. These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively. You can use your tongue to slander, to gripe, to scold, to nag, and to quarrel; or you can bring it under the control of God’s Spirit and make it an instrument of blessing and praise. The 20th-century version of James 3:3 says, “When we put bits into the horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we control the rest of their bodies also.” Just so, when we submit to the claims of Christ upon our lives, our untamed natures are brought under His control. We become meek, tamed, and “fit for the Master’s service.” Daily Prayer I would be under Your control, Lord Jesus Christ. Take away the pride that keeps me from complete submission. Post written by Dave @ Bibliqur #votd #controlyourwords #christian #notashamed #godrocksmyworld #today #instaforgod #deliverance #jesusonly #forevergod

30 Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised. (‭Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭30‬ ASV)

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. (‭John‬ ‭5‬:‭24‬ ASV)

13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure. (‭Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬ ASV)

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬ NIV)

25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. (‭Proverbs‬ ‭29‬:‭25‬ NIV)

The strength for our conquering and our victory should not be reliant on ourselves, but continually on Christ. The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer reign over you. The strength and power of sin have been broken. The Christian now has resources available to live above and beyond sin and the world. Whosoever is born of God does not practice sin. It is like the little girl who said that when the devil came knocking with a temptation, she just sent Jesus to the door. Daily Prayer Lord Jesus, I need Your power continually. You know how many times I am tempted. Help me to not be reliant on myself.

6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” (‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭31‬:‭6‬ NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ NKJV)

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬ NIV)

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. (‭Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭105‬ NKJV)

24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” (‭1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭24‬ NIV)

1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (‭Proverbs‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬ NIV)

21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. (‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭21‬ NIV)

15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. (‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬ NIV)

17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ NIV)

16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. (‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭30‬:‭16‬ NKJV)

“Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.” ‭‭II Samuel‬ ‭7:22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/2sa.7.22.nkjv

19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; (‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬ NKJV)

15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. (‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭15‬ NIV)

19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. (‭Psalms‬ ‭94‬:‭19‬ NKJV)

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. (‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭15‬ NKJV)

As Christians, we should be completely committed to Jesus. But some of us are living double lives, trying to stick our legs out and be in two different grounds. “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:14   Many of us just refuse to obey Jesus by being fully committed. Jesus wants our life to be for Him. As selfish as that may sound, it is the only way we can remain protected from satan and gain eternal life. The main reason we cannot not properly turn away from our bad ways is because of worldly possessions, that lure us away from Christ. For many, it’s just because ‘it’s too hard’, but I promise you, once you have an intimate relationship with the Father, it becomes so much easier. We try to play the double minded game, but then we find ourselves slowly getting away from the Truth. The flesh and Jesus are enemies, and cannot co-exist. Jesus even sa

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (‭Revelation‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬ NKJV)

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬ NKJV)

16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. (‭James‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬ NKJV)

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. (‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬ NKJV)

“But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13:16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/heb.13.16.nkjv

“but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.” John 14:31 NIV http://bible.com/111/jhn.14.31.niv  Many of us struggle following the father’s footsteps, but if we read His Word and obey it, we can strengthen our relationship with him.

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“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” ‭‭James‬ ‭3:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬ http://bible.com/1/jas.3.8.kjv

8 He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. (‭Isaiah‬ ‭25‬:‭8‬ NKJV)

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭23‬ NKJV)

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53:5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.53.5.nkjv

“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/rom.8.11.nkjv

“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20 : 28 TRUTH FOR TODAY:  Pride has overtaken every man and can only be defeated through Jesus.  There has been a deceitful, evil creature that has lured underneath the human skin since the befall of Adam. Pride. It was the opposite of God’s nature; and when it has its way, it can cause detestation and torture. When Jesus came, as God, when He died on the cross, He defeated the luring creature. He showed us that we should serve one another, and to surrender to God. God first, people second and you last.

“took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ The King of Israel!”” ‭‭John‬ ‭12:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jhn.12.13.nkjv

8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. (‭Psalm‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ NIV)

1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (‭Psalms‬ ‭91‬:‭1‬ NKJV)

33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (‭John‬ ‭16‬:‭33‬ NKJV)

3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. (‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭3‬ NKJV)

““Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭7:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/deu.7.9.nkjv

“Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1:12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jas.1.12.nkjv

“Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.4.7.nkjv

“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭14:21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jhn.14.21.nkjv

“That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.” ‭‭John‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jhn.1.9.nkjv

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ NKJV)

“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/col.2.6.nkjv

""The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV http://bible.com/114/jer.17.9.nkjv Q:  How can a good God allow evil?  This is the question I get from many Christianity skeptics. Well, let’s think all the way back to the beginning. God gave Adam and Eve a choice. To remain in His goodness, and enjoy a peaceful, free life, or go their own way and define good and evil for yourself. We all know what happened. The point I’m trying to make is,  man chose to do evil.  If you decide to deliberately burn yourself by putting your hand in an oven, you can’t blame the cook for that. It’s the same thing!  Man chose to do evil.  Well, why can’t God get rid of evil?  Do you want to remove your existence? Well, God doesn’t. You see, if God removed evil, He would have to remove man in the process, as man is evil. But He found a way to remove evil from us without wiping us out. He sent Jesus to die for us, and if we accept

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:1-2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/rom.8.1-2.nkjv

“I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”” Acts 20:35

“But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/heb.11.6.nkjv

“And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.’” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭2:21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/act.2.21.nkjv

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/eph.2.10.nkjv

4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (‭I John‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬ NKJV)

1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:1

1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

“My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” ‭‭I John‬ ‭3:18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/1jn.3.18.nkjv

“Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭17:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/luk.17.1.nkjv

20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. (‭Revelation‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ NKJV)

1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; (‭2 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬ KJV)

“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬ http://bible.com/1/1jn.2.6.kjv

“Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;” ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬ http://bible.com/1/1th.1.3.kjv

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”” ‭‭Joshua‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jos.1.9.nkjv

“He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.2.8.nkjv

“Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37:5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/psa.37.5.nkjv

“He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭12:24-25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/job.12.24-25.nkjv

“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.” ‭‭James‬ ‭3:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jas.3.13.nkjv

10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. (‭Psalms‬ ‭143‬:‭10‬ KJV)

"Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires." James 1:20 NLT http://bible.com/116/jas.1.20.nlt Let’s admit it, we all deal with anger sometimes. But some more than most. When we do get angry, we get this overwhelming sense of bitterness and malice that is sometimes uncontrollable. This brings us to today’s question: How do you deal with anger?  Well, satan will always keep on trying to do things to make you angry. And as soon as you give in and never let it go, you have failed and satan can hold you back.  Here’s how to deal with it:  The Bible says that when you are angry you should not let it carry over to the next morning.  "And "don’t sin by letting anger control you." Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry," Ephesians 4:26 NLT http://bible.com/116/eph.4.26.nlt This means you may only be angry for some time. But I wouldn’t for long:  "Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭28‬ NKJV)

25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. (‭Hebrews‬ ‭7‬:‭25‬ NKJV)

“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope.” Psalms 130:5 NKJV http://bible.com/114/psa.130.5.nkjv When is a time when you struggled with the troubles of the world? Did you trust in God? Share in comments below or use hashtag #dbverses2016letstalk

7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. (‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ NLT)

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” ‭‭John‬ ‭10:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jhn.10.10.nkjv

"And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." Romans 5:3-5 NKJV http://bible.com/114/rom.5.3-5.nkjv QUESTION:  How can I have joy through everything?  First, let’s get rid of I. Because you can’t. Just naturally, you cannot be joyful through everything. Why? Because of flesh. Your human nature. Unless it is dead, you cannot walk with God. Your human nature contains things like lying, stealing, jealously and sadness. So, first we need to destroy flesh. Stop following your human nature and make sure you don’t return. How? By accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour. After you have got rid of I, you need to acknowledge that the Holy Spirit is your helper. He is the One who can give you joy, joy through everything. Jesus told us He would have