Archive for April 2019

Romans 8:1-4Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by…

2 Tim. 4: 6-8For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure [from this world] is at hand and I will soon go free. I have fought the good and worthy and noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. In the future…

Romans 15: 13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises. In his letter to his brothers and sisters in Rome, Paul has given much instruction in proper christian living.…

Romans 15: 7-12Therefore, [continue to] accept and welcome one another, just as Christ has accepted and welcomed us to the glory of [our great] God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant and a minister to the circumcision (Jews) on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm and verify the promises made to…

Romans 15: 4-6For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope and overflow with confidence in His promises. Now may the God who gives endurance and who supplies encouragement grant that you be of the same mind with…

Romans 15:1-3Now we who are strong ought to put up with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not just please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up spiritually. For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of…

James 4: 13-16Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know about what may happen in your life tomorrow. You are merely a vapor that is visible for…

James 4: 11-12Believers, do not speak against or slander one another. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the Law and judges the Law. If you judge the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the…

James 4:8-10 Come close to God and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be miserable and grieve and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.…

James 4:6-7But He gives us more and more grace. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but gives grace to the humble.” So submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. The transitional words in these two verses provide the keys to our victory over sin. First,…