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Paul doesn't begin marriage instructions with effort.He begins with a Person. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church."Ephesians 5:25 Most people read that as a command.Paul m...

Many believers fear God's light because they think it will expose their failures.Scripture says it exposes Christ's righteousness on them instead. John writes,"God is light and in Him is no darkness a...

We know God is holy.We know He is righteous.But the bible wants to show something more than that. "God is love."1 John 4:8 Love isn't God's mood.It's Him. And love always moves toward people.Love give...

Of all the titles Jesus could choose - Messiah, Son of God, King of Israel - He most often called Himself "Son of Man." This wasn't humility.It was prophecy fulfilled. Daniel wrote,"One like the Son o...

During Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem, The bible highlighted a gate - the Sheep Gate - and the names connected to it. "Then Eliashib the high priest rose up... and built the Sheep Gate."Nehemiah 3...

If you've ever wondered what God is really like, look in the bible: "He who has seen Me has seen the Father."John 14:9 No guessing.No shadows.No contradictions. When Jesus touched the leper, that was...

It's Love. Fear is based on the lack of love. Jesus' effectiveness came because He lived in the "bosom of the Father" (John 1:18)-a picture of divine warmth and love. "Perfect love casts out fear" (1...

One of the hardest things to believe is that God sees you as clean even when you still see flaws in yourself. Jesus told His disciples, "You are clean because of the word which I have spoken to you" (...

Abraham struggled to believe God's promise of a child. His words revealed it:"What will You give me, seeing I go childless?" (Genesis 15:2) So God answered his seeing, not his complaint. He gave Abrah...

Sometimes a thought rises from so deep inside you that you know you didn't invent it.A whisper. A nudge."There must be more." It shows up in quiet moments-after a win, after a loss, after a normal Tue...

There's a reason introspection feels heavy.When you keep looking inward, you eventually find everything that's wrong. Corrie ten Boom said:"Look within and be depressed.Look to Christ and be at rest."...

In the Old Testament, there is an offering:אָשָׁם - "asham," the guilt offering. It wasn't only about forgiveness.It required restoration - full value plus 20% (Leviticus 6:5). God designed it that wa...

Under the Law, if you touch the unclean, you become unclean.Under Jesus, if He touches the unclean, the unclean becomes clean. The leper pleaded, "If You are willing..."Jesus answered, "I am willing."...

Paul's question-"How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" (Romans 6:2)-isn't a question. It's a reminder. To answer it, you must understand how Christ died to sin. Jesus was never under si...

The Law demands fruit.Grace produces fruit. Jesus said,"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit."Matthew 7:18 Fruit is not forced.Fruit is the natural outcome of the life inside the tree. Paul writes,"It is...

Paul used a word so overflowing that translators struggle to contain it: ὑπερπερισσεύω - "huperperisseuō,"meaning "to overflow beyond overf...

When the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus, she wasn't trying to be noticed.She was trying not to be. But Jesus turned, looked at her, and spoke a single word that revealed the heart of God:...

God does not relate to you based on your record.He relates to you based on Christ's. Paul says,"You are accepted in the Beloved."Ephesians 1:6 Accepted - not tolerated.In the Beloved - ἐν τῷ ἠ&...

"Then I restored that which I took not away."Psalm 69:4 Jesus quoted this verse in the Upper Room (John 15:25), making it clear -this was about Him. He didn't steal your peace.He didn't cause your los...

Most believers imagine God's presence as a place they enter.Scripture teaches it is a place they carry. Paul writes,"You are the temple of the Holy Spirit."1 Corinthians 6:19 Temple - ναό&sig...