Tag: Sacrifice

  • Psalm 146:7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. What is true freedom? On July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. This declaration formally…

  • Psalm 42:2 My soul thirst for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Thirst. Have you ever thirsted? I mean truly thirsted for a sip of water. Here in a little town in South…

  • Galatians 3:2 This only I want to learn from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? We love to accomplish something through our efforts. We think that the only…

    Receiving the Spirit: Faith vs. Works in Galatians
  • 2 Corinthians 5;1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Our earthly house is our flesh and bones. This…

  • Psalm 20:6 Now I know the Lord saves His anointed, He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand. This is an example of a Messianic Psalm. David was writing here about the…

    Understanding Psalm 20: A Messianic Perspective
  • James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Submission is a word and concept that people do not want to consider in their life. When we think of this word there is negative…

  • Romans 15:1 We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. We who are strong, not in our flesh but in spiritual strength. Those who reach this point are strongly…

  • Psalm 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense, I shall not be greatly moved. The Rock. A solid place for your feet to stand. He will either break you or He will crush you.…

  • isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have all gone astray. We have turned, every one, to his own way. And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Sheep are not known for their genius. They struggle…

  • Hebrews 2:9 Be we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. In Aesop’s fable…