"Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands." --Acts 19:26 (NKJV) The…
"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more." --Hebrews 8:12 (NKJV) The Bible tells us that Jesus made many appearances after His resurrection. On one…
"One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple" --Psalm 27:4 (KJV) David wrote,…
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. --Psalm 1:1 (NKJV) When you hang out with the wrong people at the wrong place at…
Then the people who had arrested Jesus led him to the home of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of religious law and the elders had gathered. Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance. . . . --Matthew…
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." --Matthew 26:41 (NKJV) Jesus had a simple request for Peter, James, and John in the Garden of Gethsemane, and…
I am so glad that God will overrule my prayers at times, because I have prayed for things fervently, believing they were the will of God, and they were flat-out wrong. I am so thankful that God said no to those prayers.…
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. --1 Corinthians 10:12 (NKJV) A massive Redwood tree in California had stood tall for 400 years, surviving countless earthquakes, storms, floods, and other…
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) In ancient Smyrna, there was an arena…
"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." --2 Corinthians 4:17 (NKJV) God can actually use persecution and hardship in the life of a…