https://odb.org/2026/04/21/lost-but-now-found Luke 15:8–10 (NIV): 8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ 10 In theContinue reading “Lost and found”
Category Archives: God’s love
Who am I, LORD God… that you have brought me this far?
https://odb.org/2026/04/20/humble-sacrifice 1 Chronicles 17:16–22 (NIV): 16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said:“Who am I, LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 17 And as if this were not enough in your sight, my God, you have spoken about the future of the houseContinue reading “Who am I, LORD God… that you have brought me this far?”
The LORD is with us
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”
God’s heart
https://odb.org/2025/08/22/seeing-with-gods-heart Psalm 1461 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life;I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not put your trust in princes,in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; onContinue reading “God’s heart”
God sees and hears
https://odb.org/2025/07/28/to-see-and-to-serve Lamentations 3:58–59 (NIV): 58 You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life. 59 LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause! Often, we go through miserable times. But there are people who go through worse, much worse. It’s so bad that some things, once seen, can not be unseen. YetContinue reading “God sees and hears”
Unceasing prayer
https://odb.org/2025/07/22/persisting-in-prayer Luke 18:1–8 (NIV): 18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town, there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming toContinue reading “Unceasing prayer”
Your love is better than life
https://odb.org/2025/07/03/jesus-our-everything Psalm 63:1-4 (NIV) – 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 love is betterContinue reading “Your love is better than life”
God’s thoughts and ways are not ours
https://odb.org/2025/06/17/missing-chocolates Isaiah 55:8–13 (NIV): 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your waysand my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return toContinue reading “God’s thoughts and ways are not ours”
Heart of stone vs heart of flesh
https://odb.org/2025/03/13/a-new-heart-in-christ Ezekiel 11:16–20 (NIV): 16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORDContinue reading “Heart of stone vs heart of flesh”
Hosea and Gomer
https://odb.org/2025/02/27/a-path-forward Hosea 3:1–5 (NIV): 3 The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”2 So I bought her for fifteen shekelsContinue reading “Hosea and Gomer”
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