“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! … Enter his gates with thanksgiving and praise!” Psalm 100:1-5 “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes ha…
“Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.” — Matthew 21:43 “Fruit is the evidence that a life is connected to the Vine.” In this passage, Jesus is speaking to the religious le…
“He said to them, ‘It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers.’” Matthew 21:13 “Jesus cleansed the temple with a whip; today He would probably cleanse it with a microphone.” Leonard Ravenhill The Mo…
“And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!’” Matthew 21:9 (ESV) Hosanna means “Save us now!” — a desperate cr…
“But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.” Isaiah 59:2 “Sin does not just break God’s law — it breaks our relationship with God.” This morning I felt a little ca…
“Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them… from there I will gather them and bring them to the place t…
“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe al…
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34–35“The world will not know…
“Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.”John 14:23 “The root cause of abortion is the failure to be satisfied in God as our supreme love.” — John Piper Heartbreaking truth: 70% of women who had abortions identified as Christian. 43% were at…
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” — 2 Timothy 2:15 “The danger of topical study alone is that we may only study what interests us. The strength of …
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” Ezra 7:10 “A man of God is not known first by what he teaches, but by what he obeys. Ezra studied the Word, practiced the Word,…
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you… because of your partnership (Koinania) in the gospel from the first day until now.” — Philippians 1:3–5. “Put the partnership of the gospel at the center of your relationships…” — D.A. Carson. Th…
“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’” — Gospel of John 8:31–32 “The freedom Jesus promises is not the freedom to …
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” — Gospel of Matthew 5:16 “Let your light shine before men. Do not hide it under a bushel. The world is dar…
“How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:9-11 “…
“He said to him a third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and he said to him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my she…
“But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” — John 20:31 “The Word of God is the seed from which faith grows. If you would believe in Christ, read…
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for a…
“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I wil…
“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be you…
“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” — Epistle to the Ephesians 4:31–32 “The old …
“One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, ‘Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!’ But the other rebuked him, saying, ‘Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we…
“I will not enter my house or get into my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” Psalm 132:3-5 “Psalm 132:3-5 captures the heart of a man …
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:29 “Our words are not our own they belong to God. Ephesians 4:29 forbids corr…
