But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:7 God desires to minister to His people. He desires to minister to you. To do that, He has given the manifestations of the Holy Spirit as a way to profit you as you minister to [...]

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens; by His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the clouds drop down with dew. ~ Proverbs 3:20 Here, the writer of Proverbs, speaks of creation: the earth, the heavens, the oceans, the clouds, and the rain. How were these brought about? [...]

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” [...]

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all [...]

Likewise you also, consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. ~ Romans 6:12 What you do—and the actions you take—are determined by what you consider. Notice that [...]

Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; for the future of that man is peace. ~ Psalm 37:37 Christians with a high view of the gifts of the Spirit desire to know their future, and they’ll often seek out self-proclaimed prophets in order find that out. They feel that knowledge of the future will [...]

You know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. ~ 1 Thessalonians 2:12 You are called into God’s kingdom and glory, and unless you learn to see by [...]

What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all [...]

Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water. ~ Isaiah 1:21 The first chapter of Isaiah is one of the most applicable and relevant chapters of the Bible to our times—maybe for all times. Why? It’s because it speaks of God’s true heart: righteousness and justice. It speaks of ending oppression and evil [...]

“Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,” says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: on him who is poor [...]