Category: Obedience

Genesis 22:1-2

Facing costly obedience when God’s instruction touches something deeply precious to you is at the heart of Genesis 22:1-2. It shows how obedience can become a concrete act of trust, especially when following God requires movement before every outcome is...

Genesis 22:9-12

Trusting God through obedience when surrender becomes real rather than theoretical is at the heart of Genesis 22:9-12. It shows how obedience can become a concrete act of trust, especially when following God requires movement before every outcome is clear.

Romans 1:4

Verse of the Day Romans 1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. The resurrection changed everything. It was not just a...

Revelation 1:7

Verse of the Day Revelation 1:7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. Quiet...

James 4:1

Verse of the Day James 4:1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? This verse does not ask a light question. It cuts straight to the heart of conflict and...

Joshua 16:9

Verse of the Day Joshua 16:9 together with the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites. This verse comes from the careful record of land distribution among the tribes of...

2 Corinthians 5:14

Verse of the Day 2 Corinthians 5:14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. When Paul writes that Christ’s love compels us, he uses a word that carries the...

1 Samuel 1:8

Verse of the Day 1 Samuel 1:8 Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”...

1 Peter 1:11

Verse of the Day 1 Peter 1:11 Trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. The...

Colossians 3:6

Verse of the Day Colossians 3:6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. This verse lands with weight. Paul is pointing to behaviors he just named: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed. He does not soften...