Paul often refers to himself as “the prisoner of Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 3:1). In Ephesians 4:1 he says being a prisoner of the Lord is actually his vocation, his calling! He considered this God’s gift of grace to him (Ephesians…
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you” (Joel 2:25). How many years did you waste before you repented…
“And Joseph made haste; for his [heart] did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there” (Genesis 43:30). This is a picture of the heart of our Savior—even toward…
Joseph’s brothers didn’t know how much they were truly loved until God used a crisis to reveal it to them. “And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses…. When Jacob saw…
I believe God’s merciful love is revealed in response to a cry from the heart—not just any cry, but a humble cry for deliverance. The Bible has much to say about this cry from the heart. “In my distress I…