“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn...
This is Jesus Christ speaking to the church, the body of Christ, located in the city of Thyatira. Now, this was all the believers in Jesus Christ in the entire city, and so they probably did not meet together all in one place, and the Scriptures teach that in the early days they met from house...
I read Romans 8:28-39. This is one of the greatest and most precious promises of Scripture which applies to those whom God is for, who are in Christ Jesus by believing in him, who love God, and who have been called according to his purposes; who walk not after the flesh, but according to the...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 4:22 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Before the Throne of God Above.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Romans 8:26-39 (NASB).
To whom are these words addressed? They are addressed to those of us who have been crucified with Christ in death...
Friday, December 16, 2016, 9:55 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “When in the Stillness.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Romans 8:26-39 (Select vv. ESV).
He Intercedes for Us (vv. 26-27)
Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for...
Sunday, November 22, 2015, 8:44 a.m. - The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “A Believer’s Prayer.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Jeremiah 37-39 (NASB).
They Don’t Listen (37:1-2)
Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah...
Thursday, September 17, 2015, 6:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “I Will Lift My Eyes.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 28:1-6 (NASB).
The Proud Crown (v. 1)
Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty...