Word for the Week

“Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.” (1 Thess. 5:12-13 NIV). Paul urges the Thessalonian believers to recognize and…

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 NIV). Matthew 7:12 is often referred to as the Golden Rule. Here, Jesus gives a summary of the spiritual and ethical teachings found throughout the Old Testament. This is…

All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.” (Psalm 86:9 NIV). David acknowledges that all the nations were God’s creation. So, he declares that all the nations God has made “will come and worship before” Him, the one, true God. This…

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builder's labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.” (Psalm 127:1 NIV). This passage draws our attention to the fact that human effort means nothing without God. It emphasizes the absolute dependence on God for success and security in all…

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’” (Matthew 20:8 NIV). The parable of the workers in the vineyard, found in Matthew 20:1-16, presents to us the nature of God’s kingdom…

In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ Say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.” (Exodus 13:14 NIV). The Israelites are instructed to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread as a perpetual reminder of their freedom from slavery…