They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the day that I make them My jewels.”
Malachi 3:17
Morning
They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts,
“on the day that I make them My jewels.”

I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word … I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am..

Key Passage”What great blessings there are for the people that are pure in their thinking! They will be with God.”
— Matthew 5:8 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought”Purer in heart, O God, help me to be …” That's the powerful line of Fannie Davison's old hymn. This is also an amazingly pervasive theme in Scripture, whether articulated by the prophets, the psalmists, the wisdom teachers, Jesus, or the apostles. A clean heart is the signal of God's coming new age and is mandatory for ..

NUMBERS 33:53 NKJ
53 'you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell
in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

JOSHUA 1:3 NKJ
3 “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I
have given you, as I said to Moses.

In Old Testament times the people of God received promises to
possess the physical land. They faced literal giants keeping
them from possessing what God said was theirs.

Today we face a similar challenge: overcome the obstacles and
possess the promise..

VerseSamuel took his flask of oil and anointed him [David], with his brothers standing around watching. The Spirit of God entered David like a rush of wind, God vitally empowering him for the rest of his life.
— 1 Samuel 16:13 MESSAGE
ThoughtThroughout the Old Testament, God's Spirit would come on leaders for a time and empower them in special ways. David was led and empowered by the Spirit for his whole life after he was anointed by Samuel, although his sinful time with Bathsheba made him..

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name.
Malachi 3:16
Morning
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another,
and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of
remembrance was written before Him for those who
fear the Lord and who meditate on His name.

So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and..

Key Passage”What great blessings there are for the people that give mercy to other people! Mercy will be given to them.”
— Matthew 5:7 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key ThoughtGod has treated us much, much better than we deserve. That fundamental, undergirding spiritual truth is the reality of grace. He has seen us in our sin and had mercy on us because of his great love for us (see Rom. 5:6-11). Even though we have repeatedly proved unfaithful and undependable, both individually and as a group, God has ..

JOHN 15:5 NKJ
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me,
and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do
nothing.

There are three reasons to pray: for God's benefit, for your
benefit, and for the benefit of others.

To Benefit God

Just as earthly parents enjoy talking with their child, our
Heavenly Father enjoys hearing from you.

Also, God desires certain things done on Earth, but He has
delegated authority to mankind. Through our requests, God can
justly inte..

VerseThey [the Gentiles] were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God's Spirit. In this way, I [Paul] have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum.
— Romans 15:19 NLT
ThoughtThe proclamation of Jesus was confirmed by the miracles and signs that accompanied the message (Hebrews 2:3-4), as illustrated in the book of Acts, first among Jews and then primarily through Paul among non-Jews. Paul's message was accom..

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light.
Luke 11:34
Morning
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your
eye is good, your whole body also is full of light.

The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. § Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

I am the light o the world. He who follows..

Key Passage”What great blessings there are for the people that want to do right more than anything else! God will fully satisfy them.”
— Matthew 5:6 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key ThoughtOther translations use the wording of hungering and thirsting after righteousness where this translation refers to those who want to do right. Except for a voluntary fast, most of us who spend our time on the net don't know what it's like to be hungry. But nearly all of us, at one time or another, have been ..