“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.…

   “…them that honour me I will honour,” (1 Sam 2:30)    Abraham and Sarah had a son, Isaac. This birth was a miracle since both were older and Sarah could not have children. Years later, when Isaac was older, God told Abraham, “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee…

“…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16) In 1 Samuel 4, we see how the Philistines beat Israel in a battle: “…and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.” (1 Samuel 4:2) The leaders in Israel did not know how this could have happened: “Wherefore…

“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:31-32) When you receive Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, your sin debt is…

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) During Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn asked her to define a woman. The judge replied, “I’m not a biologist” (Dastagir, paragraph 2). Reference: Dastagir, A. (2022) Marsha Blackburn asked Ketanji Brown Jackson to define ‘woman.”…

“Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:…

“But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go,…

   “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:” (Hosea 4:6)    Can you name all the Ten Commandments? If not, here they are in the paraphrased form:    1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD…

“…power belongeth unto God.” (Psalm 62:11)    Before Jesus started His public ministry, He fasted in the desert for forty days, during which time the devil tempted Him in various ways. One of these was the temptation of power:    “And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of…

“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?” (Matthew 26:53)    Jesus is with His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane. Judas has arrived with a contingent of officers from the chief priests and elders. He had told them to arrest…

   “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise:” (Proverbs 13:20a)    Based on this Scripture, we can say, “He that walketh with ____ people shall be ____,” (lazy, honest, upright, profane, etc). Peer pressure, whether good or bad, affects how you think and act.    Negative peer pressure is a problem for kids and adults. It…

“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” (Luke 21:34)    Jesus told His apostles before His crucifixion, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive…