Word for the Week

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? … You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. (Matthew 5:13-14 NIV). Jesus used the metaphor of salt and light to convey a profound message to His…

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.(John 17:15-16 NIV). The phrase “in the world, but not of the world” originates from the Scriptures and reflects an essential…

“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.” (Isaiah 54:2-3 NIV). Prophet Isaiah uses the imagery of expanding a…

“Come, follow me.” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.”’ Going on from there, he saw two other brothers … They were in a boat with their father … Jesus called them.” (Matthew 4:19-21 NIV). Jesus calls His disciples to follow him, and…

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV). Apostle Paul, in this passage, declares a profound truth about believers in Christ: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.”This speaks of radical transformation- a rebirth…

May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the people justly and guide the nations of the earth. May the people praise you, O God; may all the people praise you. (Psalm 67:4-5 NIV). This psalm is a beautiful missionary psalm that expresses the writer’s heart’s desire to see God’s…