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—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. […]

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 To feel the weight of David’s plea in this single verse, one must review Psalm 19 altogether. It began with a focus on the glory of God which everything created in heaven and earth […]

“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.” Rev. 11:15b Gen. 1:1, John 1:3 and Col. 1:16 confirm that God, through Jesus Christ created the world and everything in it – the angels, Satan, demons, human beings, etc. Every creature does God’s will – yes, even Satan. At creation, God […]

I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:2 God is transcendent and beyond knowledge. All that a human being can know about God is so infinitesimal that it amounts to almost nothing. Even this miniscule knowledge is only possible as God reveals Himself to us. Many claim to know God, Christians, […]

That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. Rom. 10:9-10 What is Paul saying here when he declared […]

I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. Job 19:25 Job had an intimate relationship with God and addressed God personally as His redeemer. His knowledge of God was not merely intellectual or emotional but experiential, and that dictated how Job related with God. As his Redeemer, Job knew that God […]

He who did not spare his Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Rom. 8:32. The Bible is full of examples of God’s love, care, and faithfulness to us. Despite these assurances, we occasionally doubt His love especially when He does not come through for […]

And he said, naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 1:21 You cannot live contentedly or die serenely if you do not know with certainty where you came from, why you are here on earth and where you […]

When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom. Job 1:5 With a record number of youth and young adults leaving […]

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a hear to of wisdom. Ps. 90:12 Christmas marked the entrance of Jesus Christ into our world which we celebrated a few days ago. Easter and ascension marked the exit of Jesus Christ from our world and return to the Father. Sandwiched between these two periods is the brief […]