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@Nancy: Ann Steele's words come to mind: :) "Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, Be Thou for ever near; Teach me to love Thy sacred Word And view my Saviour there."

@Nancy Heartening when reading Lamentations to see such verses in the middle of a solemn passage... :)

@Nancy I love to look at Ephesians 2 where grace is contrasted with what we really deserve, yet in spite of this the Lord intervenes in grace...

1 Thess. 4 - as John 1 Cor. 11.26 - is talking about the church.

Great passage, which links in with the Lord's Supper (1 Corinthians 11.26) 'till He come'...

@Cachalot What a tremendous chapter is Hebrews 11! :)

@Heart2Soul I think I may have mentioned that my wife and I talked to a young lady - seemingly quite shy and modest - who had gotten the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area: I reckon that it would have given her a lot of joy to have it injected, seeing it must have been well planned...

@Naomi25 'Amazing' can be a hackneyed word sometimes, but the God of Hosea is truly amazing!

@Heart2Soul I love how in the middle of the Lamentations of Jeremiah there are gems of testimony to His great faithfulness. :)

@Heart2Soul I love the words of Anne Steel from the 18th century: ":) "O may these hallowed pages be My ever dear delight! And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light!"

@Pearl Philippians 2 is such a reference point here: the Lord Jesus 'humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross'.

@Pearl Great passage! :) "15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 16 To morrow go ye down against them...

One also can take into account different perceptions at different times. It may be that many Christians today will conclude that it's very sensible to stop smoking, especially since in recent decades there has been publicity about its adverse health effects. However, some of the taboos around...

Hi; good to see you; may God's Word bless you.

A good question to ask about Bible passages and entities (1 Cor. 10.32), to whom does a particular stage of the Lord's coming refer? If one does not clearly distinguish between Israel and the church, then naturally there may be a tendency to assume all references to aspects of the coming refer...

Hebrews 12.2 says to keep: 'looking to unto Jesus'.

@Venksta Yes, an apt comparison...