Matthew 20:1-2 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Jesus told ...

Jesus tells us to love our enemies. Not an easy task for a prideful people. We want the people who cause us harm or do us wrong to receive a swift and just punishment. I don’t think that’s an inherently bad thing but we have a means for that punishment ...

PSALM 40:1-4 –I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in ...

“Don’t touch that pie,” my mother said. “I’ve made it for when the company comes tonight.”  But my stomach and my palate cried out, “You’ve got to have that pie. You can’t live without it.”  So, when Mother went outside to do a task in the yard, I cut myself ...

I kneel before You, Lord, with a humble heart I confess my sins and ask for Your unmerited grace I thank you for Your love and Your mercy I praise you for Your light that shines on my face You are the Alpha and the Omega You are the Redeemer ...

‘He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.’ Jim Elliot, one of the five men martyred by the Aucus of Ecuador in January 1956 wrote these well-known words in his diary just a few days before his death. Jim and indeed ...

Mark 4:39-40 马可福音 4:39-40 39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” 39耶稣醒了，斥责风，向海说：“住了吧！静了吧！”风就止住，大大地平静了。 ...

Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. After the passing of King David, his son, Solomon, became king. Shortly after, Solomon entered into the land of Gibeon, where he had a dream. In it, ...

Some Christians say we don’t need the Old Testament because it is not relevant. However, without the Old, the New would make no sense at all. The Old is a history of the world in need of a Savior. The New Testament provides the answer in the person of Christ. ...

There are eight areas for which people need to have much endurance in these troubled times – to bear up without giving in. Ephesians 6:18 says to “keep alert with all perseverance.” False teaching and compromising the gospel of salvation (II Timothy 4:3-4 and I Timothy 4:1). Moral decadence and evil ...