Matthew 10:27-31 – “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t...
Matthew 10:26-27 – “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.” “You can see easily enough why Jesus needed to...
Matthew 10:16 – “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” Our new reality in Christ is that Jesus is sending us out back into the...
Philippians 2:5-8 – “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very natureGod, did not consider equality with Godsomething to be used to his own...
“Why does John, the writer of this gospel, introduce John the Baptist like this right here? It is to make crystal clear from the very outset that God’s way of letting the light of Christ shine in...
John 1:1-2 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” John takes up the figure of Jesus as the Word. Let us consider...
Isaiah 52:7 - “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’”...
Ephesians 3:16-21 - “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I...
John 15:5 - “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” Suppose you are totally paralyzed and can do...
Acts 2:21 – “And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Luke 15:6b-7 - “…‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more...