“Our God is in heaven; He does whatever pleases Him.” – Psalm 115:3 Psalm 115:3 is short but gives a view of God’s sovereignty pretty well. God does what He wants because He is God. God having sovereignty means He has supreme power over everything. We may question

“Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise. Ants have no commander, no leader or ruler, but they store up food in the summer and gather their supplies at harvest.” – Proverbs 6:6-8 Ants are always working. Every time we see them, they are

“All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for showing people what is wrong in their lives, for correcting faults, and for teaching how to live right. Using the Scriptures, the person who serves God will be capable, having all that is needed to do every good

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may

“So, God created human beings in his image. In the image of God, He created them. He created them male and female. God blessed them and said, ‘Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over

Abraham is the person associated with faith in the Bible more than anyone else. Stories of his faithfulness run throughout the Bible both in the Old and New Testaments. God spoke of Abraham as one who “obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws

It is hard to imagine what heaven will be like (1 Corinthians 2:9). The Bible gives us a glimpse of it through the apostle John who saw some of heaven. As he talked to an angel, he describes the beauty of heaven in Revelation 21:18-21 this way: “The

Job is one man who we can relate with when life seems unfair. Job was considered a righteous man who was honest, innocent, and honored God by staying away from evil but still suffered and experienced hard times (Job 1:1). No one can understand why God allowed Job to

“You made my whole being, you formed me in my mother’s body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well. You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother’

“My friends, do not try to punish others when they wrong you, but wait for God to punish them with his anger. It is written: ‘I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them,’ says the Lord. But you should do this: ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed

“If you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13 God’s mercies never stop and are new every morning. This promise is found in Lamentations 3:22-23. God is patient enough to show us His mercy every

“But if you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, do not brag. Your bragging is a lie that hides the truth. That kind of ‘wisdom’ does not come from God but from the world. It is not spiritual; it is from the devil. Where jealousy and selfishness

“Thank the LORD because He is good. His love continues forever.” – 1 Chronicles 16:34 We have a lot to be thankful for. The Bible lists many reasons why we should give thanks to God (1Thessalonians 5:18). We thank Him to show how grateful we are for what He

“Ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you. Yes, everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And everyone who knocks will have the door opened. If your children ask for bread, which of you would

“Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. The burden that I ask you to accept

“No one can serve two masters. The person will hate one master and love the other or will follow one master and refuse to follow the other. You cannot serve both God and worldly riches.” –Matthew 6:24 When someone tries to serve two people at once, for some reason

“Then Jesus told them this story: ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep but loses one of them. Then he will leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the open field and go out and look for the lost sheep until he finds it. And when he finds it, he