“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”  -  Matthew 11:28Have you ever felt like you just can’t stop? Like there’s always one more thing to do, and you’re constantly carrying the weight of it all? Jesus speaks directly to that feeling when He says, “Come to Me.” The Sabbath isn't just about physical rest; it’s also about spiritual rest. God created us to work...  Read More

“Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.”  -  Exodus 20:9-10Work is good. We know that. God calls us to diligence, and we’ve seen in Proverbs how He warns against laziness. But here’s the truth: there’s more to life than work. God doesn’t just care about how hard we work; He cares about how well we live. His Word reminds us that we ne...  Read More

"But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." - Isaiah 64:6 (NKJV)Sin isn't just breaking the Ten Commandments, though it includes that. James 2:10 says if you break one commandment, you're guilty of breaking them all. It's like hanging over a fire by a ten-link chain. How many...  Read More

"Among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others." - Ephesians 2:3 (NKJV)In our very nature, we were children of wrath, or we deserved wrath in our nature. Not just because of what we have done, but because of what we are. We are born in a state of sin and aliena...  Read More

"We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one." - 1 John 5:19 (NKJV)Satan is described as the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4), and Ephesians 2:2 says, "you once walked according to the course of this world," which is stating that our lifestyle has been based upon the principles of this present world, with its material, fleshly values. We adopted the w...  Read More

"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins." - Ephesians 2:1 (NKJV)Ephesians 2:1-3 emphatically testifies to the lostness of all humanity. As Paul looked down on the world, he saw one vast spiritual cemetery, and inscribed on every grave-marker was this phrase, "dead in trespasses and sins." He doesn't say that they simply have needs, that they are sick, feeble or blundering; He ...  Read More

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 (NKJV)A leading psychiatrist wrote a book called "Whatever Became of Sin?" He wasn't even a Christian, but he was asking better questions than most preachers. He wrote: “[Sin] was a word once in everyone’s mind, but now rarely if ever heard. Does that mean that no sin is involved in all our troubles…? Is no one any longer guilty...  Read More

"He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps." Psalm 40:2 (NKJV)A church I know quite well once decided to change the lyrics to "Amazing Grace." Instead of "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me," they sang "that saved someone like me." They felt uncomfortable with the word "wretch."John Newton, w...  Read More

Romans 8:37 - "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."A young boy at the zoo observed an old lion behind bars. Every day, the zookeeper would enter the enclosure and place food for the lion. The boy saw the zookeeper feeding the lion, but he was concerned that something might happen to the man."Mister, aren't you scared in that enclosed area with that lion?" ...  Read More

James 4:7 - "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."A man dreamed he lived in a two-story house when Jesus knocked at his door. "Come in," he said. Jesus asked, "Do you have a place where I can stay?" "I have a spare room upstairs on the second floor," the man replied. Jesus accepted this offer because He won't take control where you don't yield to Him.Later that nigh...  Read More

Colossians 2:15 - "Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it."I read an account of a boxer - "Mysterious" Billy Smith - who went into a San Francisco bar with a sports writer named Wilson Mizner. Billy was always looking for a fight and started brawling with the longshoremen at the bar. While Billy was fighting everyone else, Wilson f...  Read More

“And that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.” – 1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez’s name meant “pain.” His mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” Can you imagine naming your child “Pain”? Every time someone called his name, it must have been a reminder of sorrow, grief, or hardship. It could have been because his mother experienced a great deal of pain in chi...  Read More