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Bible Memory collection
A promise is only as strong as the one who gives it. These passages teach both the certainty of God's word and the promises worth carrying daily. 2 Corinthians 1:20 All God's promises find their yes in Christ, and through him we say amen to the glory of God. Joshua 21:45 Not one word of all the…
Bible Memory verse
All God's promises find their yes in Christ, and through him we say amen to the glory of God. It teaches you to read every promise through Jesus rather than claiming verses at random. Hebrews 6:17-18 Romans 15:8 Galatians 3:16 Father, every promise you made is yes in Christ. Teach me to receive…
Bible Memory collection
Holiness is the first thing heaven says about God, and it is the reason sin is serious and grace is astonishing. Carry these passages and the rest of the Bible reads differently. Isaiah 6:3 The seraphim call to one another that the Lord of Armies is holy, holy, holy, and that the whole earth is…
Devotional
…in chapter 13. Its absence signals the removal of everything hostile to God's order, not a judgment on oceans themselves. The final hope in Scripture is renewal of creation, not escape from it. This vision echoes…
Devotional
…in verse 2 that believers already stand in grace and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Suffering is not celebrated for its own sake, but for what it can produce. Endurance and character are built over time, not…
Devotional
Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. WEB The psalm opens not with a request but with observation. Before David says a word about himself, he says something about the sky, and…
Devotional
Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. WEB Psalm 19 pairs two kinds of speech: the wordless declaration of the skies, verses 1 to 6, and the perfect, sure, right words of the…
Devotional
Philippians 2:9-10 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the…
Devotional
John 1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. WEB John has just spent thirteen verses on the Word who was with God…
52 Week Journey
…than as instruction addressed to us. They are Israel's own words to God, kept and sung for generations, and Jesus prayed them, quoted them from the cross, and sang them with his disciples on the night before he died.…
52 Week Journey
Many believers want to hear God's voice and quietly assume Scripture does not fully explain what that means. But the Bible has a great deal to say about how God speaks: through His written word, through creation,…
Verse study
…as 'an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.' The promise that follows is Paul's confident conclusion for a church that has just given generously, likely out of its own limited resources…
Chapter study
…uphill, a substitute provided at the last moment, and a name for God that Israel never forgot. It also sits near the centre of the Bible's story of redemption. Genesis 3 promised that a seed would come. Genesis 12…
Chapter study
…in John's Gospel: I am the true vine. Israel had long been pictured as God's vine, in Psalm 80, in Isaiah 5, in Jeremiah 2 and Ezekiel 15, almost always in the context of a vineyard that disappointed its owner. Jesus…
Dig Deeper
Philippians 4:19 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Need, not wishes, and the measure is His riches in glory. The word but ties the promise back to the gift the…
Chapter study
…printed on posters for athletic victories and business success, and 'my God shall supply all your need' has been read as a blank check. Both phrases mean something more specific and more searching than the slogans…
Chapter study
…David is not writing abstract theology. He is bearing witness to a God he has known through danger, failure, restoration and worship. Every line has been tested somewhere. So as you study this chapter, do not ask only…
Chapter study
…the middle of the chapter on the Spirit, why suffering appears before glory, and why he ends with a list of everything that might separate a believer from God. Notice also who is speaking. Paul had watched Stephen die,…
Dig Deeper
…thing. Some of what we ask for is not on that list. Philippians 4:19 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Paul writes this to a church that had just sent him money…
Dig Deeper
…8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Work together, not are good. And the promise is addressed to a specific group, described…
Bible study
…harpist, warrior and king; described in Acts 13:22 as a man after God's own heart. Most likely during David's reign, roughly the 10th century BC, though its wilderness imagery may reflect earlier years of exile from…
Bible study
…sin and law. Chapter 8 is the resolution: what the law could not do, God did. Chapters 9-11 then widen to Israel and the nations. Condemnation katakrima (κατάκριμα) A judicial verdict with its penalty. Not merely guilt…
Dig Deeper
…power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in…
Dig Deeper
…into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. Two chapters earlier Paul has explained the union: the believer is joined to Christ's…
Biblical concept
…is that people see good works and glorify the Father. Genesis 1:3 God speaks light into a formless darkness before he makes anything else visible. Light is the first thing named good in Scripture, and the pattern of…
Christian Living
…we have no sin is self-deception, but confession is met with a God described as faithful and just, not reluctant. Forgiveness rests on His character and on the cross, which is why an honest Christian can be a settled…
Christian Living
…your works to the Lord. 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Work Colossians 3:23 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, WEB colossians 3 Paul writes this first…
Biblical concept
John the Baptist points at Jesus and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Lamb is sacrificial language. It means a death in place of the guilty. The phrase takes away is one word in Greek…
Biblical concept
In the gospels Son of God is not a title of honour handed round freely. When Jesus uses it of himself his hearers understand a claim to equality with God, which is why John 5:18 records the reaction it caused. The…
Biblical concept
…prophets were anointed with oil to mark them as set apart for God's work. John 1:41 translates the word for the reader: we have found the Messiah, which is to say, the Christ. Christ is therefore a title before it is…
Biblical concept
Salvation in Scripture is rescue. It begins with God delivering Israel from Egypt and runs through to the New Testament's use of the same word for deliverance from sin, judgement and death. Ephesians 2:8 to 9 states the…
Biblical concept
…from the Ancient of Days. Jesus uses it for both his suffering and his glory. He says the Son of Man must suffer many things, and he says the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father. Ezekiel 2:1 God addresses…
Biblical concept
…who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Colossians 2:14 Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.…
Biblical concept
The incarnation is the entry of the eternal Son of God into human life as a real human being. John 1:14 states it in a single sentence: the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory. Philippians 2:6…
Biblical concept
…that the Word already was in the beginning, that the Word was with God, and that the Word was God. Three claims are made in one sentence: the Word is eternal, the Word is distinct from the Father, and the Word is fully…
Biblical concept
…the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and that we have seen his glory. Two things are held together: full deity from verse 1, and real humanity here. Nothing is subtracted from either. The verb dwelt is literally to…
Bible question
…with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. WEB This is the passage where Paul answers the question directly, so read it before anything said about…
Bible question
John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” WEB Read three passages before any argument. One is a claim Jesus made, one is what his hearers understood by it, one is what a disciple said to his face. John 8:58…
Bible question
…least interesting and least free work imaginable. Genesis 2:15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. WEB Work is given before Genesis 3. It belongs to the good creation,…
Bible question
Revelation 21:3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. WEB Heaven…
Bible question
…been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast. WEB Grace should be heard from God before it is defined by anyone. Ephesians 2:4-9 But God, being rich…
Bible question
…doesn’t know him. WEB Sin is defined as lawlessness, a setting aside of God's authority, and in the very next breath Christ is named as the one revealed to take it away. Romans 3:20-23 Because by the works of the law,…
Bible question
…for our sins according to the Scriptures, WEB The gospel is a message God delivered, so read his wording before ours. 1 Corinthians 15:1-5 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which…
Bible question
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.…
Bible question
…that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. WEB God explained the cross before it happened and after it happened. Read his words before ours. Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely he has borne our sickness, and…
Bible question
…to his will, he listens to us. WEB Before anything is explained, hear God speak about your prayers in his own words. 1 John 5:14-15 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to…
Bible question
…heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. WEB Three passages together give the promise, its measure and…
Bible question
…with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. WEB Let God's own words set the terms before the study begins. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.…
Bible question
…by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, WEB Scripture does not begin with a definition of God assembled by people. It begins…
Bible question
…sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us. WEB This question deserves God's words before ours. Read these passages slowly, because the explanation that…
Bible question
…also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. WEB The reason given is the Holy Spirit and the power of the Most High, not a marriage. Therefore ties the title to how this child comes to be born,…
Bible question
…any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. WEB Paul lists every category of created power he can name and declares none of them able to separate the…
Bible question
…Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” We heard…
Bible question
…be unbelieving, but believing.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.” Jesus quotes Thomas's…
Bible question
…his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue; WEB God speaks about growth before we offer any method for it. 2…
Bible question
…to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under…
Bible question
…us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’ WEB Jesus removes the pressure first, no audience and no word count, then gives a pattern short enough to memorise and wide enough…
Bible question
…understanding. WEB Before we define the fear of the Lord, listen to how God speaks of it. Proverbs 9:10-11 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your…
Bible question
…and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. WEB Read God's words on anxiety before you read anyone's explanation of them, including ours. Philippians 4:6-7 In nothing be anxious, but in…
Bible question
…who it competes with, and where treasure is safe. 1 Timothy 6:6-10 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. But having food and…
The Sunday Study
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