Truth For The Heart
The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130 Visualizing the Bible® Chris Harrison Light is such a wonderful description of the effect of the Bible on the human heart. I know, because on the evening I read and discussed Romans 5, I became a Christian. Through His Word, […]
Read MoreWhy do we study the Bible? What is our motivation? What is our purpose? In the first eleven chapters of his letter to the church at Rome, Paul proclaims the mercies of God in His Son Jesus. At the end of chapter 11, those mercies impel Paul to wonder and awe and praise. To understand […]
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My soul waits in silence for God only;
From Him is my salvation.
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. […]
Read More“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…” 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 Christians know that our belief is grounded in Jesus Christ, who […]
Read MoreThen Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’” Matthew 26:31 “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through […]
Read MoreO sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown; O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain; Mine, mine was […]
Read MoreThe night before He died on the cross, as Jesus spent time talking with His disciples (John 13–16), there were two commands He gave them on their relations with each other—only two—but each is significant. He began by washing their feet—an act that was the work of a slave. So when He had washed their […]
Read More“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 The lyrics of Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendour were written in China by Frank Houghton, an Englishman. The words, […]
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Kindling for Candles 