Category: Bible Reading & Meditation
“Who, then, is conqueror of the world? The one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” –1 John 5:5 We are victors over the world or victims of the world. Only by faith in Jesus as God will we escape being victimized. Unless we pray to the Lord, we will become the prey of the world. Either Jesus runs our lives, or we are manipulated into running our lives into the ground, even into hell. By ourselves, we are unable to protect ourselves from unscrupulous, hateful demons. Of ourselves, our lives are necessarily out of control. Jesus is...
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“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; therefore, He has anointed Me. He has sent Me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives, recovery of sight to the blind and release to prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the Lord.” –Luke 4:18-19 This year can be one of the greatest fulfillments of Jesus’ proclamation of Isaiah’s prophecy of “a year of favor” (Lk 4:19; Is 61:1ff). If Jesus has His way, this year the poor of the world will hear as never before the good news of “liberty to captives, recovery of...
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“Beloved, if God has loved us so, we must have the same love for one another.” –1 John 4:11 Many saints have reflected God’s love for others (1 Jn 4:11) and took to heart the Lord’s command to go and teach all nations (see Mk 16:15). These saints could testify that God’s love is brought to perfection in us (1 Jn 4:12) when we give our “all” to bring His Kingdom to a disordered world. When we, out of love, give all that we have (Lk 21:4) to obtain Jesus our Treasure (Mt 13:44), we will receive the resources, both...
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“You give them something to eat.” –Mark 6:37 “Beloved, let us love one another because love is of God” (1 Jn 4:7). “The man without love has known nothing of God, for God is Love” (1 Jn 4:8). “Beloved, if God has loved us so, we must have the same love for one another” (1 Jn 4:11). Jesus said: “This is how all will know you for My disciples: your love for one another” (Jn 13:35). If we have not love, we are nothing (1 Cor 13:2). Do you love Jesus? Then feed His sheep (Jn 21:17), physically and spiritually....
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“Ask of Me and I will give you the nations for an inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession.” –Psalm 2:8 “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Cor 2:9). “This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it” (Ps 118:24). The Lord will express His love for us in amazing ways today: Today, “a people living in darkness” will see “a great light” (Mt 4:16). Today, “on those who...
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