https://odb.org/2025/09/25/its-gonne-be-okay Psalm 118:5-14 (NIV) – 5 When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.6 The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?7 The Lord is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.8 ItContinue reading “The LORD is with us”
Category Archives: God with us
Loneliness
https://odb.org/2025/08/05/never-alone-8 Deuteronomy 31:1–8 (NIV): 31 Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: 2 “I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’ 3 The LORD your God himself will cross over aheadContinue reading “Loneliness”
God is there
https://odb.org/2025/07/10/god-is-there Psalm 139:7–12 (NIV): 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,if I settle on the far side of the sea,10 even thereContinue reading “God is there”
The Son is not a created being
https://odb.org/2025/03/17/making-peace Colossians 1:15–20 (NIV): 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him, all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is beforeContinue reading “The Son is not a created being”
Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
https://odb.org/2025/03/10/resting-in-christ Nehemiah 4:1–9 (NIV): 6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.7 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, theyContinue reading “Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem”
Unfathomable God
https://odb.org/2025/03/05/unfathomable-god Isaiah 40:25–26 (NIV): 25 “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great powerContinue reading “Unfathomable God”
The righteous fall but rise again
https://odb.org/2025/02/21/getting-back-up Proverbs 24:15-16 NIV– 15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place; 16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. One of the wise sayings in Proverbs exalts the righteous for being able toContinue reading “The righteous fall but rise again”
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”
Epiphany
https://odb.org/2025/01/06/little-town-of-bethlehem Today, January 6, is the day the church celebrates Ephiphany (also known as the Feast of Ephiphany) to commensurate the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles through the Magi from the East, who travelled to Bethlehem following a star and presented baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The Magi were likely astrologersContinue reading “Epiphany”
Call upon the Father
https://odb.org/2024/12/11/god-will-answer The work and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross has enabled us as believers to call upon Father God in prayer, and He will listen to us. You may see that in the Psalms, in various prophesies in the Bible, including Jeremiah 29:12. As His children grafted into the family through the crucifixionContinue reading “Call upon the Father”
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