Read Isaiah 58:1-9Isaiah 58:1-9English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVTrue Religion 58 1 Shout the message! Don’t hold back. Say to my people Israel: You’ve sinned! You’ve turned against the Lord. 2 Day after day, you worship him and seem eager to learn his teachings. You act like a nation that wants to do right by obeying [...]

The LORD looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race. From his throne he observes all who live on the earth. He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do. The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior. Don’t count on your warhorse to [...]

Have you ever heard someone ask, “How could you believe in a God who allows ________”? Or heard someone say, “How can you believe in a loving God when there is so much ________?” Ephesians gives the answer! And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor [...]

If you are like me, you have probably imagined what it would have been like to have literally followed Christ as his disciples did. They ate with him, talked with him, worshiped with him, and became his closest companions. Though they sacrificed much to leave their jobs and families to blindly follow Jesus, the few [...]

The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God. Ephesians 1:14Ephesians 1:14English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV14 The Spirit also makes us sure that we will be given [...]