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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...

The New Testament makes a clear distinction between two kinds of teaching. One kind brings freedom.The other brings burden. Paul confronted this often. Some believers had started mixing the gospel wit...

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...

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...

A holy God cannot ignore sin.A loving God cannot ignore sinners. Both truths seem to pull in opposite directions-until the cross. The bible says, "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us" (2 Cori...

Before God ever said a word, before light cracked the silence, Scripture paints a surprising picture of the earth's earliest condition:"Without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep....

If a child has cancer, a parent doesn't hate the child - they hate the disease ravaging the child. That's how God views sin. "Sin brings forth death." (James 1:15) He hates what steals your peace, you...

We love beginnings.The rush of a fresh idea.The excitement of the first step.The energy of "Let's go!" But Jesus taught us: "Which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and count t...

She entered Simon's house quietly, the way people who've been wounded often do.No speech. No defense.Just tears falling at the feet of Jesus. "She stood behind Him at His feet, weeping... and wiped th...

Jesus sat by the well tired, hungry, and thirsty (John 4:6).His disciples had gone to buy food.He had nothing to give-so it seemed. Then a Samaritan woman approached, and Jesus began to pour out grace...

The Hebrew word for "to see," חָזָה hazah, shares its root with חָזֶה hazeh-the "breast" of the sacrificial animal (Leviticus 7:30-31).That breast was the portion given to the priest. It was a picture...

Miracles aren't loud.They aren't dramatic.They often begin in the quietest place - rest. Jesus heals the sick, restores bodies, frees minds, and strengthens hearts.But He does it in the same pattern H...

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."...

When believers hear the word "discipline," they imagine punishment.The Bible speaks of a loving Father shaping His children. Scripture says, "For whom the Lord loves He chastens" (Hebrews 12:6).Love -...

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...

Sometimes you look at someone living in open sin and think:"They look happy. Nothing seems to happen to them." Let me explain what really happens. Solomon wrote,"The way of the transgressor is hard."P...

Sometimes a believer might think in their minds:"Good week = God is pleased.Bad week = God is distant." But the bible shows us: "God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinner...

We live in a world full of heroes - movie heroes, comic heroes, public heroes.But these heroes all keep a distance.Up close, their flaws show.Up close, the pedestal crumbles. Jesus is different. He li...