today - be still and listen. wait on the LORD. and hear him tell you all he has done for you in Christ. let this moment and this whole day be a true day of thanksgiving for all God has done for you in Christ.   pray and ask the LORD to speak. be still for a...

"you therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect." - jesus [matthew 5:48]   perfect   we are not perfect.   we have many excuses for not being perfect. i am human. everyone makes mistakes. my parents were terrible to me. my kids are...

therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. for i tell you, unless your...

do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; i have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. for truly, i say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. [matthew...

for we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. [romans 3:28]   justified by faith   what does this exactly mean? and what is faith? how is faith measured and how can it be certain? martin luther’s understanding of faith apart from...

or is God the God of jews only? is he not the God of gentiles also? yes, of gentiles also, since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. [romans 3:29-30] God is one God is so much bigger than we often give him credit...

then what becomes of our boasting? it is excluded. by what kind of law? by a law of works? no, but by the law of faith. [romans 3:27]   ‘all i have to give is Christ in me.’   this is a phrase i have been repeating to myself, speaking to myself, teaching,...

whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. this was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. it was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the...

and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, [romans 3:24]   must a guilty man remain under God’s wrath? . . . JUSTIFIED.   being made righteous by his grace means we are never too far gone, that there is a way...

like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. and when i saw it, i fell on my face, and i heard the voice of one speaking. ...