Matthew 9:17 (AMP) 17 Neither is new wine put in old wineskins; for if it is, the skins burst and are torn in pieces, and the wine is spilled and the skins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.Reflections:When we think of wineskins we ...
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Psalm 40:8-10 (KJV)8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. 10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy ...
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Ephesians 6:10-13 (NKJV) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but ...
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Proverbs 24:30-32 (AMP)30I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down. 32Then I beheld and considered it well; ...
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Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.Reflections:Jesus Christ is the very source of our faith -- were ...
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Isaiah 53:3 (KJV) 3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.Hebrews 4:15-16 (KJV) 15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling ...
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1 Peter 2:1-3 (NKJV) 1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.Reflections:We all know what a newborn baby ...
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Psalm 27:13-14 (NKJV) 13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!Reflections:What comes screaming through this ...
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Psalm 18:24-28 (AMP)24Therefore has the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness (my uprightness and right standing with Him), according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. 25With the kind and merciful You will show Yourself kind and merciful, with an upright man You will show Yourself upright, ...
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Proverbs 18:24 (NKJV)24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly,But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.Reflections:What does a true friend look like? Well, if anyone was ever a true friend, it was Jesus; therefore he must be our model. What is it that makes Jesus ...
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