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Romans 8:28,29 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose… to be conformed to the likeness of his Son.” The verse above can easily be and often has been misapplied in difficult situations, but it clearly states that…

2 Corinthians 5:14 “For Christ’s love compels me…” How many people are waiting for us to go to them and offer them Christ’s liberating all-embracing love? Sean Litten was working for International Justice Mission in Thailand. He found out about a girl called Elizabeth who was only thirteen who had been forced into prostitution. Various…

Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” In the eighteenth century, Scotsman John Patton sailed to the South-West Pacific to the New Hebrides as a missionary to the unreached people there. They happened to be cannibals, and the culture there was one of fear, distrust…

Watch the Video Here! Hosea 6:6 “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” After the end of apartheid in South Africa, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission was set up. During one hearing, in the presence of the victim’s mother, a policeman named van de Broek recounted how he had shot an eighteen-year-old boy and burned the…

Philippians 4:19 “My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” John Wesley’s father was an Anglican vicar with nine children who ended up in debtors’ prison. So John felt great freedom in being financially self-sufficient when he started earning his own salary. But one cold winter day, a…

Deuteronomy 6:9 “Write them on the doorframes of your houses and your gates.” Remembering is crucial. God knew how forgetful his people would be. The Old Testament is a frustratingly consistent cycle of his people forgetting him, disobeying, suffering the consequences, repenting, being restored, and then forgetting again. In Deutoronomy 6, God insists: “These commandments…

Matthew 5:16 “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” As ambassadors of Christ, when we interact with people, we will either draw them forward towards Jesus or push them backwards away from him. Someone once asked the question: “If…

Romans 13:10 “Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” Jesus opposed the proud but gave grace to the humble. Chief among the proud were the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees – those who should have known better, but were blinded by their own pride and theological sophistication. They were professional legalists. For…

1 Chronicles 21:19 “So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the Lord.” Obedience is seldom convenient. It usually means doing something in submission to someone else’s will or desire. During David’s life, he sought God’s heart in obedience, even when it was inconvenient, even when…

Deuteronomy 32:10,11 “The LORD shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.” God fiercely loved his people. Deuteronomy 32 is a song…