Passage - On the contrary, following the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in your entire way of life; since the Tanakh says, “You are to be holy because I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16 Restated in my own words - Follow the Holy Spirit's leading and become holy in every area of your life. You... Continue Reading →

Passage - Without having seen him, you love him. Without seeing him now, but trusting in him, you continue to be full of joy that is glorious beyond words. And you are receiving what your trust is aiming at, namely, your deliverance. 1 Peter 1:8-9 Restated in my own words - Deliverance comes from trusting in... Continue Reading →

Passage - to an inheritance that cannot decay, spoil or fade, kept safe for you in heaven. 1 Peter 1:4 Restated in my own words - There is an inheritance for us in heaven that cannot decay, spoil or fade. Application to my life - There are little treasures in my home that were left... Continue Reading →

Passage - For certain individuals, the ones written about long ago as being meant for this condemnation, have wormed their way in — ungodly people who pervert God’s grace into a license for debauchery and disown our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah. Jude 1:4 Restated in my own words - There are people,... Continue Reading →

Passage -  since he delivered us and called us to a life of holiness as his people. It was not because of our deeds, but because of his own purpose and the grace which he gave to us who are united with the Messiah Yeshua. He did this before the beginning of time, 2 Timothy... Continue Reading →

Passage - (the Good News) has made its presence felt among you, just as it is also being fruitful and multiplying throughout the world in the same way as it has among you since the day you heard and understood the grace of God as it really is. Colossians 1:6 Restated in my own words - The Gospel... Continue Reading →

Passage - So, having perceived what grace had been given to me, Ya‘akov, Kefa and Yochanan, the acknowledged pillars of the community, extended to me and Bar-Nabba the right hand of fellowship; so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the Circumcised. Galatians 2:9 Restated in my own words - The leaders... Continue Reading →

Passage - “‘Now therefore, our God, great, mighty, fearsome God, who keeps both covenant and grace: let not all this suffering seem little to you that has come on us, our kings, our leaders, our cohanim, our prophets, our ancestors, and on all your people, from the times of the kings of Ashur until this very day. Nehemiah 9:32 Restate... Continue Reading →

Passage - they refused to listen and paid no attentionto the wonders you had done among them.No, they stiffened their necks, and in their rebellionappointed a leader to return them to their slavery.But because you are a God of forgiveness,merciful, full of compassion,slow to grow angry and full of grace,you did not abandon them. Nehemiah... Continue Reading →