You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. Matthew 5:13 (NKJV) Salt is used is so many ways – from purifying metals and controlling...
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Ps 51:10 (NIV) God is always creating. His ‘creating streak' didn’t last for 6 days and then vanished – He still has that creative power burning within Him and manifesting all around...
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5b (NKJV) (Part 2 of 2) Often the disruption of peace comes into our lives because of a choice we have made, or some else’s choice that has directly effected us. And as each...
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities. Isaiah 53:5a (NKJV) (Part 1 of 2) You know when someone ‘takes the hit' for something you’ve done wrong, and it can make you feel so guilty that your focus lingers on your guilt...
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4b (NKJV) (Part 2 of 2) Despite the fact that Jesus went to the cross carrying our burdens, it's easy for people to look back on history – and even during the actual days it happened –...
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5 (NKJV) To be sanctified means to be “set apart – made holy, to consecrate, prepare, dedicate, be separate”. This passage of...
Even to your old age and grey hairs, I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. – Isaiah 46:4 (NIV) This promise lasts a lifetime… It starts in V3 with “I have cared for you since...
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. Ps 126:5 (NLT) What amazes me about this verse is that the people it speaks of who are grieving and depressed… Who were going through dark and hard times, a season marked with tears… Those people still planted....
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her! Luke 1:45 Imagine an angel coming to you in the middle of the night. You have never seen one before and were never expecting one to show up, but as sure as the dawn, an angel stands...
But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety for all the Gentiles to hear. And he rescued me from certain death. 2 Tim 4:17 (NLT) This is one of the last things Paul had written before he was martyred. He was...
