Luke 17:20-21, “20 Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, ‘The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor will people say, Here it is, or There it is, because the kingdom of God is within you.’” Jesus proclaimed that the kingdom of…

Acts 16:31, “They replied, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved– you and your household.’” Paul and Silas gave the person in today’s passage one of the greatest promises of the Bible because they were given future knowledge about what would happen when the man brought them home to meet his family. The…

Proverbs 18:24, “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” When I was young, my friend called me to meet him and our “group,” at a bridge in the neighborhood, to go skateboarding. When I showed up they weren’t there, but as I looked…

Matthew 16:18, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” Can you imagine what it must have been like to be Peter and hear that Jesus was going to use you to build the most important thing on…

Mark 10:29-30, “29 I tell you the truth, Jesus replied, no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields–and with them,…

Proverbs 10:22, “The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.” Did you know that God promised to bless you with wealth? Before you misunderstand me and start thinking the Bible promised that you will be a millionaire, let me define biblical wealth. Biblical wealth is to have enough to meet…

Psalm 91:4, “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.” In the above Psalm, the author encourages the righteous to believe and trust God to protect them from all the harm of the enemy. Some have taken this Psalm to mean…

John 16:33, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” I love the fact that Jesus didn’t promise a world without trouble but promised peace in the midst of trouble; otherwise we’d think He lied…