When someone calls to you, or stretches out his hand to you, these are both offers for help.  Help is usually offered to you when you are in trouble or in need.  In the verses surrounding Proverbs 1:24, the Wisdom of God is personified.  And in verse 24, the listener is accused of rejecting...

Do you know that there are close to 800 scripture references to the words joy, joyful, rejoice, and rejoicing? Check your favorite Bible search engine or the concordance in the back of your Bible. This particular scripture is one of my favorite because Paul explains that God is the source of...

How do you choose what you will wear each day? Does it depend on the weather, your activities, or who you will see that day? Whatever is clean? Sometimes I get up and already know what I will wear. Sometimes I change 3 or 4 times before breakfast. Sometimes I wear old clothes for dirty...

Verses 38 and 39 are the concluding statements of Romans chapter 8, and are also the thoughts around which the VBX leadership team created the theme for this year’s kids’ camp.  We are teaching the students about Bible characters who lived extreme lives with God.  The will be learning...

In this passage, Jesus reminds the Rich Ruler of the latter five commandments. It is interesting to note that Jesus focuses on the commandments that concern our treatment of others. The Ruler responds that he has kept these commandments. Under the old conditional covenant, I would guess that...