“But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.” – Psalm 69:13 NIV

When it comes to praying, I always like to pray alone. There are people that want to be seen by others

“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” – Hebrews 12:2 ESV

What other way to look at than

“Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find

“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – Ephesians 4:4-6 NIV

As there is one

“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” – Romans 12:3 ESV

As it

Jesus said, “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.” – Mark 10:43

First, I want to define what servant means by dictionary. According to dictionary.com a servant means 3 things:

1. a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
2. a person in
   

“The love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.” –

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33 NIV

The most important thing is that he has told us all of these and that we

“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV

This reminds me of people who are against the words of God. They are grown and raised with belief that God is

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.” – Isaiah 48:17 ESV

As today is Halloween, I just want to say Happy Halloween! and don’t

“You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.” – James 2:19 NIV

What a powerful quote I wanted to share on Halloween day that even the demons believe that there is one God. This tells me that the demons are afraid of God,

In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, “Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.” – John 3:18 ESV

I want to start by defining what condemned means in the dictionary. According to

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” – Psalms 34:18

Those who are brokenhearted just know that God is watching over you and there is a reason why you are feeling these feelings. I think people who are brokenhearted need to feel

In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain. For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.” – Psalm 11:1-2 NIV

This

“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” – Proverbs 16:18 NIV

What is pride anyway and what purpose is it for? Well, this Proverbs reminds of the war days thousands of years ago. When there were no weapons made of explosives, but rather handheld weapons. Weapons

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” – 2

“But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” – 1 Timothy 6:12 ESV

Of all things this reminds me of is the fight between