https://odb.org/2025/01/21/the-gift-of-trials 1 Peter 4:12–14, 16, 19 (ESV): 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If youContinue reading “Suffering in Christ”
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The righteous shall still bear fruit in old age
https://odb.org/2025/01/19/still-fruitful Psalm 92:12–15 (ESV): 12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, 15 to declare that the LORDContinue reading “The righteous shall still bear fruit in old age”
Keep up the good work
https://odb.org/2025/01/17/keep-up-the-good-work-2 Galatians 6:7–10 (ESV): 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us notContinue reading “Keep up the good work”
The easy and hard
https://odb.org/2025/01/16/easy-and-hard Exodus 14 ESV – 12 Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” 13 And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, andContinue reading “The easy and hard”
God’s love
https://odb.org/2025/01/15/you-too Romans 5 ESV – 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from othe wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemiesContinue reading “God’s love”
Walking with God
https://odb.org/2025/01/14/walk Genesis 5 NIV – 21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; thenContinue reading “Walking with God”
Are you a scout or a soldier?
https://odb.org/2025/01/13/scouting-for-truth James 1 NIV – 19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. It is interesting to note that more often, when confronted or in a conversation,Continue reading “Are you a scout or a soldier?”
John Mark
https://odb.org/2025/01/12/unfairly-judged The recorded conflict in Acts 15 of Paul with Barnabas over John, also called Mark (yes, it is believed that he is the writer of the Gospel of Mark although not as an eyewitness but based on materials provided by the Apostles, mainly Peter). Paul did not want to bring Mark along for hisContinue reading “John Mark”
Deceivers out there
https://odb.org/2025/01/10/what-scripture-reveals 2 John 4 NIV – 7 I say this because many deceivers who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that youContinue reading “Deceivers out there”
Your love is better than life
https://odb.org/2025/01/09/better-than-life-2 Psalm 63 NIV – 1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your loveContinue reading “Your love is better than life”
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