Daily Bread

2 Timothy 3:12-13 - And also, all who live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But wicked men and imposters will continue to become worse, deceiving and being deceived. One of the fundamental things we must recognize is that there is a demonic influence in the...

Matthew 5:11-12 - Blessed are you when you are mocked and persecuted and have all sorts of evil words uttered against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great in number are your rewards in Heaven; for in the same way, they persecuted the...

Matthew 5:10 - Blessed are those persecuted for the sake of righteousness, because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus preached that the righteous are the ones that will inherit the Kingdom of God (Matthew 5:6, 20, 6:33; John 3:20, 7:7, 15:19; 1 John 2:15-16). Paul...

Romans 16:20 - And the God of Peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. The God of Peace is at war against all evil and every Satanic power. Jesus, the Prince of Peace, was manifested to destroy the works of the devil...

Romans 15:13 - Now the God of expectation fill you with joy and peace in believing, that you abound in expectation by the power of the Holy Spirit. There are three components of expectation: trust, patience, and waiting. All of these words are contained within the...

John 14:27 - I leave you Peace. My Peace I give to you. I give it to you not as the world gives it to you. Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid. Part 2 ~ Living In The Peace of God We have been given the Peace of God by the Lord Jesus Christ so we...

John 14:27 - I leave you Peace. My Peace I give to you. I give it to you not as the world gives it to you. Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid. Part 1 ~ The Prince of Peace Gave Us His Peace It is an awesome thought to realize that the Prince of...

Isaiah 9:6 - For a child is born to us, a Son is given to us, and the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Might God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Jesus was born for all of humanity. He left all of his Glory...

Matthew 5:9 - Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. If you want the good life, then you will follow in the ways of the Spirit of God (Romans 15:33; James 3:17; Romans 3:17). In fact, one way in which we could understand the concept of the...

Philippians 2:14-15 - Do all things without complaining and arguing, so that you may be without blemish and pure, God's perfect children in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you shine as lights in the world. Part 2 ~ Keep Your Tongue From Evil...

Philippians 2:14-15 - Do all things without complaining and arguing, so that you may be without blemish and pure, God's perfect children in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you shine as lights in the world. Part 1 ~ Our Assignment: Remain...

Philippians 1:9-10 - And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and discernment; for you to distinguish the things that differ, that you may be pure and blameless unto the day of Christ. God has equipped us by Christ Jesus to be pure and...

1 Peter 1:22 - Having purified your souls by the obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love, love one another fervently from a pure heart. Our Savior and God has given us the blessed privilege of having relationships that flow from purity and truth (1 Timothy 1:5,...

Matthew 5:8 - Blessed are those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God. The Psalmist said that if we would come into the presence of God, then we must have clean hands and a pure heart (Psalms 24:3-4). Similarly, Jesus said those whose hearts are pure will see...

Matthew 5:48 - Therefore, be perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:48 is one of the many radically empowering verses in the New Testament. There is no reason to take offense to this verse - unless a person is looking to their own strength and...

Matthew 6:14 - For if you forgive men their wrong doings, your Father which is in Heaven will forgive you. Is there any end to God’s forgiveness? As long as we are in this life and our hearts remain yielded and sensitive to the correction of the Lord, His love will...

Psalm 59:16 - I will sing of Your power and rejoice in the morning because of Your mercies; for You have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble. It is because of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed - because His compassions fail not (Lamentations...

Lamentations 3:22-23 - The steadfast love of Yahoah never ceases, for His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning: great is Your faithfulness. Can you see God not as a condemning God, but as a merciful and forgiving God - One Whose mercies never come...

Ephesians 2:4 - But God, Who is rich in mercy through His abundant love with which He has loved us. The message we must hear and believe is that God is rich in mercy. His mercy flows from a deep and passionate love for all mankind! Oh, how much more shall we be able...

Matthew 5:7 - Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. The mercy of God is one of those beautiful ways of God we sing about, as well as benefit from, on a daily basis. God, Who is righteous and holy in all of His ways and demands the same of mankind, is...

Romans 14:17 - For the Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. What could possibly be better than walking around being full of the Holy Spirit and having His righteousness, peace, and joy filling our every living...

Romans 1:17 - For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; even as it has been written, "But the righteous shall live by faith". Part 2 ~ The Outworking of Faith Faith finds its outworking in our lives through obedience to the Word of God. Our...

Romans 1:17 - For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; even as it has been written, "But the righteous shall live by faith". Part 1 ~ Righteousness By Faith Righteousness by faith was first mentioned in Genesis 15:6 and modeled for us by a...

Titus 3:6 - Which He poured out abundantly through Jesus Christ our Lord. God, Who is rich in mercy, has done for us what we could never have done for ourselves. Our Heavenly Father loves us so much He gave us the most valuable and sacred things precious to His heart:...

Titus 3:5 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. We were saved from the former way of life through the new birth. Because of what Jesus did for us at...