1 Corinthians 6:17-20, “…he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him….do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” What […]
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Luke 9:23-24, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my save will save it.” The God of the universe is the God who declares Himself to His
Isaiah 65:13-14, “Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall go hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame; behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall
1 Corinthians 2:9-10, “But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him”–these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.” Often times verse 9
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“Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence–…to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
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Genesis 50:20, “As For you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good…” The most implication-laden element of this sentence is that word, “meant.” It’s used twice in verse 20. First we see Joseph say that his brothers meant what they did to him as evil…that’s not surprising, we know our
Philippians 3:10,”…that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings…” This verse and picture didn’t grow from my reading this morning, rather it comes out of my own experience, the experience of those around me, and the sermon that my Father-in-law gave at our local church
Isaiah 2:12,17, “For YHWH of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up–and it shall be brought low…and YHWH alone will be exalted in that day.” The idea for this picture actually came from my reading in 1 Corinthians this morning. As I was reading
Matthew 6:22, “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” I’m reading through
Isaiah 61:1,2, “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me…to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God.” It seems that the proclamation of the year of YHWH’s favor and day of His vengeance form form something of the center
Exodus 3:14, “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And He said, ‘Say to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” John 8:28, “So Jesus said to them, ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am…’” English translations of John
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Deuteronomy 26:8, “And YHWH brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great deeds of terror…” So, the idea for this morning’s picture actually comes from my reading of the baptism account in Matthew. I was freshly reminded of how Jesus embodies the exodus of Israel in Himself–passing
Isaiah 59:2, “…your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you…” Isaiah 55:7, “…let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion on him; and to our God for
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Isaiah 58:10, “If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as noonday.” Isaiah 58 is always a challenging chapter for me. It’s terrifying to see that God’s people thought that they had an intimate relationship
Job 12:10, “In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.” It was tough to come up with a verse picture today. I spent most of my time reading this morning in Genesis considering some of the patterns we see in the Creation week….some wonderful stuff there, but
Song of Songs 2:10-12, “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come…” I came across this verse back when I was reading through SOS, but I wanted to save
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Hebrews 2:9, “But we see Him…namely, Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.” The suffering of the Son has been woven into the crown of His glory–Our death is swallowed, our Lord is risen, may we rejoice
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1 John 4:10, “In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
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Lamentations 3:22, “Because of YHWH’s great love we are not consumed…” (NIV) What a beautiful truth to consider…..why are we, the people of God from all times and places, why are we not consumed? Only because of the steadfast love of YHWH. His covenant-keeping love stands between us and oblivion. So, as we enter
Psalm 25:10, “All the paths of YHWH are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.” I came across this well-loved verse this morning and the above image almost immediately came to mind. What does it mean for us to “keep [YHWH’s] covenant and His testimonies”? Well, ultimately it
