“Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.” Hosea 14:9 God doesn’t think like we do, and His ways are not our ways. So we don’t always understand why God moves in a certain direction or allows things to happen the way…
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” Ephesians 4:24 Putting on the new man sounds easy, like putting on your shoes or clothes. The concept is easy. It simply means that you make a decision to live differently from now on by following “after God” in a way that displays His “righteousness and true holiness.” Unfortunately, because of your old flesh,…
In Ezekiel 39:7, God says, “So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.” The Bible says that God is holy. Even His name is holy and should be spoken with reverence. And when God makes His…
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16 KJV God hears and answers the earnest prayers of a righteous person. Psalm 34:15 says, “The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.” So what exactly does James 5:16b mean? The… Effectual –…
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 KJV Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” We can’t see God, but we can see the results of His power. We can’t touch God, but He’s…