“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.” Acts 16:25 Paul and Silas had been thrown in prison after they were beaten and whipped. The jailor had orders to “keep them safely,” so he put them into the inner prison...
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.” Hebrews 1:9 Religion has painted various impressions in the minds of people about Jesus that are about as far from the...
“looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 Being full of the Joy of the Lord can be the determining...
“…weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalms 30:5 The word, ‘morning’ can represent several things. It can refer to the completion of something. Notice in Genesis that evening always came first, then the morning. “…And the evening and...
“And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.” Mark 4:20 Everything God ever created was for our benefit, right down to His last act of creation, which...
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” John 12:24 Jesus spoke the above words six days before the Passover, when His road had turned toward the...
