Hebrews 3.6 NLT 'Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.' Confidence is important in every part of life isn’t it? I find it interesting...
Hebrews 2.18 NLT 'Since Jesus himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.' For many years I have suffered from back pain. That means that I have much in common with the majority of you because w...
Hebrews 2:14 NLT Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. The fac...
Hebrews 2:1 NLT So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. We can be sure that this letter was written to Christians from a Jewish background and that it was written to a particular church. Later in the...
Hebrews 1:3 NLT The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honour at the right hand of th...
Hebrews 1:1-2 NLT Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he cre...
Jonah 3.10 and 4.1 NLT 'When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened. This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very ...
Jonah 3.1-3 NLT Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.” This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took th...
Jonah 2.1-2 NLT Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish. He said, “I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me!” The thought of spen...
Jonah 1.1-3 NLT The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.” But Jonah got up and went in the opposite directi...
Proverbs 20.29 NLT 'The glory of the young is their strength; the grey hair of experience is the splendour of the old.' Tension between the generations is not new. Aristotle in the 4th century BC once commented, “When I look at the younger ge...
Proverbs 20.20 NLT 'If you insult your father or mother, your light will be snuffed out in total darkness.' Family relationships were of central concern to the writer of Proverbs. The incredibly harsh language that he uses in this particular ...
Proverbs 19.28 NLT 'A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice; the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.' Justice is a persistent theme throughout the Bible, because it is one of the characteristics of God. He loves justice. This is beautif...
Proverbs 19.18 NLT 'Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.' The word discipline has a harsh ring to it, but the writer of the Proverbs is clear that it is absolutely essential for every parent to kn...
Proverbs 18.4 NLT 'Wise words are like deep waters; wisdom flows from the wise like a bubbling brook.' If you look at the history of many villages or towns you will find that they originally grew up because they were close to a river, brook o...
