Joy

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities, upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity …

 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice… And I will set up over them one shepherd, my …

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Luke 24:44 We have to constantly be breaking the mentality that the …

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8 ESV This may seem like a strange advent article, but I think it’s …

You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures. Psalm 16:11 CSB Goodness, how easy it could be to just blow over this verse in the Bible just because it sounds so churchy it could be white noise! …

Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. …

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 CSB The Bible is not big just a big rule book, it addresses our deepest issues. It’s funny, sometimes the deeper we can go into theological studies we can be standing too close to the picture and …

I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people… I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart …

Who do I have in heaven but you? And I desire nothing on earth but you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever. Psalm 73:25-26 CSB When I first heard a preacher discuss these verses above, it was absolutely …

Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so that I would not exalt myself. Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is …