Like fire, the Holy Spirit transforms us, purifies us, and sets us aflame. He either shows up in the fire, initiates fires or causes fire...

Don't retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and...

Through sanctification, God makes someone more holy, and more prepared to spend eternity in Heaven. God's Holy Spirit is involved in...

We believer's are to live out the purpose of our lives in Christ. Even when misunderstood and faced with hostility because we live under...

But I say to you, love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you....

For the sake of the Lord, we are called to go about our work with all their heart. It is an issue of character and of the fear of God. It...

For this very reason, applying your diligence [to the divine promises, make every effort] in [exercising] your faith to, develop moral...

The principle of being able to rejoice in the Lord not in circumstances or in situations, shows that we really do trust in a God whom we...

Love of God can mean either love for God or love by God. Love for God (philotheia) is associated with the concepts of worship, and...

Lord, how wonderfully you bless the righteous. Your favor wraps around each one and covers them under your canopy of kindness and joy....

The wisdom of living life in the Kingdom of God and the foolishness of living apart from the knowledge of God. Seek wisdom but also...

As by fat and as by oil, my soul will grow fat, and with the lips of praise my mouth will praise you. Every person will know by this that...

And the seed that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God's word, cling to it, and patiently produce a...

Above all, lift up the [protective] shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (Ephesians...

Jesus requires his disciples to take a childlike posture because of children's lowly and humble status. Whoever takes the lowly position...

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting...

To have a single-minded devotion to God because nothing else matters since God knows our every intention. There is no pretending with...

For we are God’s fellow workers [His servants working together]; you are God’s cultivated field [His garden, His vineyard], God’s...

When we take our focus away from everything else and consider the Sovereign Lord, the one true, living God. When we “wait upon the Lord”...