Mary’s song has strong moral, social, and economic threads throughout. It is woven within her powerful words as she praises God for the blessing he has bestowed upon her.What Is Mary Teaching Us with Her Song?The global lessons are profound, but what Mary teaches us about our personal walk with Christ is even more powerful. The first thing that shi

“Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”Again Jesus declares that the kingdom of God will be taken from them and given to people who produce fruit. The ESV Study Bible states, “The parable of the wicked

“Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon” (Isaiah 55:7).These words, offered to those who don’t know the Lord, also apply to God’s people, because we sin too:“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble them

Around this time, over deep disagreement with other apostles about whether or not Gentile believers needed to be circumcised, the pair traveled to Jerusalem to settle the matter. When all was resolved—the Gentiles would not be required to be circumcised, as they were saved, as Peter said, by the grace of the Lord Jesus alone (Acts 15:11)— Barnabas

I want to see “him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27). I want to hear Him answer my prayers. To do that, I need to rely on the Holy Spirit who lives inside me and is able to reveal God’s truths and answers to me. The Spirit indwells believers, teaching, convicting, comforting, counseling, illuminating Scripture, restraining, reproving, regenerating,

In addition, Lamentations 3 gives us proof of God not holding sin against us. He allowed His people to feel the consequences of their actions, but in time restored them in power and reputation. Before Jeremiah experienced this he already had hope. When we sin as believers today, we know with confidence that Jesus Christ died for our sins (Hebrews 9

If you are forgiven, you are forgiven completely and totally. Sin, shame, guilt all of it is dealt with when Jesus sets you free. You don’t have to carry that burden of guilt and shame anymore. You are forgiven and truly free indeed.When you understand what Christ has freed you from, it sets the stage for you to live in what Christ has freed you to

A holy life is marked by gratitude to God.It is a life marked with thankfulness, obedience, rejoicing, and so much more because of all that the Savior and Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross for us. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one and there are none like them. They alone deserve all praise and glory for “there is no one holy like the LOR

We now live, first and foremost, for the glory of God. We also live to “infect” others with this Spiritual life that we have found. “Men are mirrors, or ‘carriers’ of Christ to other men,” Lewis wrote. Lewis called this “good infection.” “And now we begin to see what it is that the New Testament is always talking about. It talks about Christians ‘b

Dust has humbling connotations. We cannot come into the saving arms of grace until we recognize that we can do nothing apart from God.Ecclesiastes 12:7: “And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”No matter what we have accumulated on this earth, we can’t take it with us (as the saying goes). We need to

7. God Sees You“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not” (Lamentations 3:22).Compassion might be one of the most beautiful things God ever created. It’s an emotion and action that says, “I see you and I am willing to help you.” This is what God offers us. He sees you. He wants to help you. This hope of knowi

1. The Omniscience of God Assures Our SalvationHebrews 4:13 “And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”Psalm 33:13-15 “The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; from His dwelling place He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, He who fashi

What Is Polygamy?When a man takes multiple wives, or sometimes when a woman has multiple husbands, that person is a polygamist. There are many reasons someone may want to have more than one spouse including lust, a desire for more children, or the belief they have a divine mandate to do so. In the Old Testament, several important and influential me

The Cross Revels in Divine InterventionAs Christians, we cannot wonder if God really works through divine intervention but, instead, look at life through the lens of the gospel. We must see how God created us as beautiful eternal beings who became marked by sin and in a need of a savior. We must see that the whole storyof our universe — of the Bibl

“The resurrection is a fact of history without which history does not make sense.”—Clark H. Pinnock“The simplest meaning of Easter is that we are living in a world in which God has the last word.”–AnonymousEaster Blessings from Church Tradition and ScriptureAlthough Easter may not have as many blessings and traditions as Christmas, there are more t

(*excerpt from A Testimony of Jesus, a commentary on the Book of Revelation by Dr. Tony Garland)Evidence that the 144,000 are both in Heaven and on EarthThe scene before us can also be interpreted in a different way which splits the participants between both a heavenly and an earthly location. Such an interpretation understands the 144,000 to be up

"May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, th

Bible Quotes About God's Love for Us "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him." - 1 John 3:1"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in t

6. Remember with God’s Promise:“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die” (John 11:25)Although lives were tragically taken away, we can remember 9/11 with a promise, understanding all who lost their lives knowing Christ passed from this life to eternal life.Scripture promises

Remember that you are a child of God and He cares for you.If you have, or once had, small children, wouldn’t you be surprised to find them in a frenzy, worrying over how you will provide for their next meal? I wonder if this is how crazy we appear to our Heavenly Father at times too. After all, He has promised to care and provide for His children.