Reason For Hope

Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over ...

  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,      before you were born I set you apart;      I appointed you as a prophet to the nations...

When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.   I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I tol...

When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter th...

“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with thei...

Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. ...

She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that ...

“ If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” So they set out and went fr...

 " Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Luke 6:31             Charles Gibbon is perhaps the first author to explicitly cal...

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.” Matthew 10:29            ...

  “Blessed are the poor in spirit,      for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3             The word “beatitude” means “blessin...

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, i...

“Do not call conspiracy      everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear,      and do not dread it. The Lo...

Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!” He answer...

And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is near...

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.   Romans 12:14             Yes.   Jesus said in Matthew 5:43-48 that we must lov...

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—...

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8:37             A conqueror, like Alexander the Gr...

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  Romans 8:28 ...

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and cha...