Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30). When
Category: Devotional
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off (Psalm 139:1-2). Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do (Hebrews
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (Romans 8:1). Freedom is a wonderful thing to have. Anyone who does not enjoy freedom most likely appreciates it more than many of us who are free. However, freedom of the soul,
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions (Ecclesiastes 7:10). “Remember the good old days.” How often have we heard this phrase? Were the “old days” always that good? If Christians will be honest- and certainly they should be- they will admit that
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God (Psalm 146:5). Do you remember the term, “Happiness is…” from the Peanuts cartoon years ago? Linus was one of the characters in the cartoon. Happiness to him was a warm blanket to carry with him
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise (Psalm 51:17). Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23). He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life (I John 5:12). Jesus declared, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and