Many of the world”™s religions have “˜the golden rule”™ stated in the negative sense. However, Jesus gave the “˜golden rule”™ in the positive. How much in life do we think in the negative? That is the way the world thinks. Remember Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh? “˜Oh me, oh my”™, poor Eeyore”¦he saw the “˜downside”™ […]
When your children ask you for a need in their lives ““ you do not give them worthless or harmful gifts. Loving wisdom, however, does not encourage or give support to wrong choices or harmful decisions. Jesus brought His listeners into His teaching about how God answers their prayers. (NASB) Matthew 7:9-10 “Or what man […]
(NASB) Isaiah 55:8-11 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways “And My thoughts than your thoughts. 10 “˜For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, […]
To have a door open because you knock on it means that there is someone who opens that door. Jesus gave this teaching concerning prayer in His Sermon on the Mount”¦ (NASB) Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. […]
Psalm 100 gives us instructions on how we are to enter into God”™s presence”¦ (NIV) Psalm 100:1-5 “SHOUT FOR joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; Come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; […]
(NASB) Proverbs 4:5-9 “Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. 6 “˜Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you. 7 “˜The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. 8 “˜Prize her, […]
(NASB) Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8“˜For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” In verse 8, “˜and he who seeks finds”™. Who are we to […]
(NASB) Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8“˜For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” In yesterday”™s devotional, “˜you”™ were the important subject in receiving the promises […]
(NASB) Matthew 7:8 “For everyone who asks receives”¦” What do you want to ask God? Look for God”™s answer in the His word, perhaps even through a committed Christian believer”¦but remember”¦God”™s answers will always, always agree with His words in the Holy Bible.
(KJV) Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” Your prayers are important”¦ God has promised you to answer your prayers”¦ […]