Isaiah 53:3–4 (ESV) “He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief… Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…” DEVOTIONAL In these verses from Isaiah 53, the prophet draws back the curtain on the deep mystery of the Suffering Servant—Jesus Christ, our Lord. This passage is […]
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PSALM 127:2 NKJ 2 . . . He gives His beloved sleep. PROVERBS 3:24 NKJ 24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. PSALM 3:5 NKJ 5 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me. PSALM 4:8 NKJ
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Isaiah 33:17 (ESV) “Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty…” DEVOTIONAL There are few things in life that truly captivate the soul. Beauty fades. Thrones crumble. Even our highest joys often leave us longing for more. But here in Isaiah, a breathtaking promise is held out to the people of God: “Your eyes
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Nothing more, nothing less. A common mistake is thinking Hebrews 11:1 is a definition of faith. It sounds like a definition, but it is not. HEBREWS 11:1 KJV 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. This does not define faith but tells us something that faith
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GENESIS 1:26,28 NKJ 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 28 Then God
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Revelation 5:5–6 (ESV) “Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah… a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain…” DEVOTIONAL There is no greater paradox in all of Scripture—no richer mystery—than the revelation of Jesus Christ as both the Lion and the Lamb. In this vision given to the apostle John, heaven opens, and
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PROVERBS 22:6 ESV 6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. God’s plan is that children be a great blessing in a family. Sadly, in many homes, the children are holy terrors, exasperating and exhausting their parents. In every case, it
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We should expect God’s protection, and thank Him for it. But we must remember that we receive from God by faith. So if we don’t believe God will protect us, we are, in effect, hindering God’s protection. So we need to feed our faith on the promises of the Bible concerning God’s protection for His
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MATTHEW 4:10 NLT 10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” Today we have what we call “worship services” that usually consist mainly of singing songs and listening to a sermon. Many also have “worship leaders” whose job is
John 8:58 (ESV) “Before Abraham was, I am.” DEVOTIONAL In this short yet thunderous statement, our Lord Jesus proclaims a truth that shook the religious leaders to the core. He did not say, “Before Abraham was, I was,” as though He were merely older. He said, “I AM.” With those two words, He echoed the