Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her”. The previous verse was the charge to the wives to submit to their husbands. It’s the husbands turn now. They are […]
I Kings 18:3,4 “and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD, for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty […]
Ephesians 5:22 “Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” This is the divine order. Our culture rages against it. It has been abused, so some criticism of it is due, but it still remains His order. […]
I Kings 17:19 ‘But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.’ The widow’s son died […]
Ephesians 5:21 “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” As Americans, this is a foreign concept. The phrase I hear is “rugged individual”. I like that. The bible supports part of that. Galatians 6:5 says, “for […]
I Kings 17:13 “for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the […]
Ephesians 5:20 “always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our God and Father;” I am happy to. I have to. We are so blessed in Him. All day long He sends blessings […]
I Kings 12:28 ‘After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land […]
Ephesians 5:19 “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord.” The end of the previous verse said, “Don’t be drunk with wine, but be filled with the […]
I Kings 12:7 ‘They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”’ Rehoboam had been made […]