#peace
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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. – Hebrews 13-2
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And Jesus answered him, “It is written,‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ – Luke 4:8 Before Luke 4:8, we find the account of Jesus being tempted by the devil in the wilderness. This event occurs right after His baptism, where the Holy Spirit descends upon Him, and God…
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Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. – Hebrews 12:14 The word for Holy in Hebrew is “qadash”, which means to be sanctified, consecrated, and dedicated, or to be separated from the world and worldliness. It is a state of…
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Therefore He says “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” – James 4:6 Yesterday we learned about Hannah and her childbirth woes. Today, we will turn our focus on her husband’s second wife, Peninnah, who taunted Hannah year after year over her lack of children. Not much is said about her in…
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The peace of God looks like sleeping through a storm. It looks like restoring the chopped ear of an enemy, it looks like feeding 5000 people with five loaves of bread and two fishes. It is no surprise that moments preceding Jesus’s crucifixion, peace is what he gave his disciples, peace the world cannot give,…
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“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” – Philippians 4:6 Worrying is defined as “allowing one’s mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles; giving way to anxiety or unease.” The name itself is derived from the Old English verb wyrgan, which means…
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Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. – Joshua 1:8 After the death of Moses, God installs Joshua as the new leader of Israel. Joshua had served…
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In the beatitudes, we learn how highly Peacemakers are esteemed in the kingdom, they are the real children of God – Matthew 5:9
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