28 Feb 2022 Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
27 Feb 2022 Psalm 145:15-16 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
Psalm 145:15-16 (NIV)
15The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
16You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
26 Feb 2022 John 10:11-16 (NIV)
11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
13The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--
15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
25 Feb 2022 John 1:1-5 (NIV)
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2He was with God in the beginning.
3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
Jesus is the Word. He is with God the Father. He is Son of God. He is God who created us. Everything in this world is created by Him. He is life. He is light. Yet many people still don’t know Him.
24 Feb 2022 Psalm 41:1-4 (NIV)
1Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble.
2The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes.
3The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.
4I said, "O Lord , have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."
23 Feb 2022 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (ESV)
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
22 Feb 2022 Proverbs 27:9 (Berean Study Bible, ESV)
Proverbs 27:9 (Berean Study Bible)
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Proverbs 27:9 (ESV)
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
21 Feb 2022 Hebrews 2:11 (NIV)
Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.
20 Feb 2022 Zechariah 1:3 (NIV)
Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'Return to me,' declares the Lord Almighty, 'and I will return to you,' says the Lord Almighty.
19 Feb 2022 Psalm 11:3-4 (NIV), Deuteronomy 8:10-11 (NIV)
Psalm 11:3-4 (NIV)
3When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do ?"
4The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them.
Deuteronomy 8:10-11 (NIV)
10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
11Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.
18 Feb 2022 Psalm 42:11 (NIV)
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
17 Feb 2022 James 1:17 (NIV)
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
16 Feb 2022 Hebrews 3:4 (ESV)
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
15 Feb 2022 Matthew 9:35 (KJV)
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
14 Feb 2022 Psalm 34:8, Isaiah 55, Matthew 22:1-14, Luke 14:15-24 (NIV)
Psalm 34:8 (NIV)
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Isaiah 55 (NIV)
1"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
2Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
4See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples.
5Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations that do not know you will hasten to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor."
6Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
7Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord , and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord .
9"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord 's renown, for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed."
Matthew 22:1-14 (NIV)
1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
2"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4"Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'
5"But they paid no attention and went off--one to his field, another to his business.
6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
7The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
9Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.'
10So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11"But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.
13"Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
14"For many are invited, but few are chosen."
Luke 14:15-24 (NIV)
15When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."
16Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.
17At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'
18"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'
19"Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'
20"Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'
21"The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'
22" 'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'
23"Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.
24I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.' "
Click here to read today's Christ Unite Valentine's Day Sermon based on these verses
13 Feb 2022 John 15:14-17 (NIV)
14You are my friends if you do what I command.
15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
17This is my command: Love each other.
12 Feb 2022 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20, 3:11-13 (ESV)
1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 (ESV)
17 But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, 18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our glory and joy.
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 (ESV)
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, 12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, 13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
11 Feb 2022 John 11:35 (NIV)
Jesus wept.
10 Feb 2022 Revelation 3:20 (ESV)
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
9 Feb 2022 Ephesians 3:10-12 (NIV, ESV)
Ephesians 3:10-12 (NIV)
10His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
11according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Ephesians 3:10-12 (ESV)
10so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
8 Feb 2022 Leviticus 17:11 (ESV)
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.
This verse has 2 meanings. In the past, the Israelites need to sacrifice animals and their blood were used for atonement of the Israelites sins so they can live. Another meaning is the blood is referring to Jesus blood. This was prophecy about Jesus blood that can atone us of our sins so we can have life, eternal life. This prophecy has already fulfilled about 2000 years ago when Jesus died at the cross for our sins. It is His blood that brings life to the body.
7 Feb 2022 Psalm 22:26-31 (NIV)
26The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the Lord will praise him- may your hearts live forever!
27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord , and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
28for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.
29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him- those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
31They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn- for he has done it.
This Psalm 22 verses do you understand what it means to eat and feast? Do you know you are invited to eat and join this feast too? Psalm 22 is quite similar to Isaiah 55. Do read these verses and think about it. Christ Unite is going to have a sermon on Valentine's Day 14 February to talk about this feast. The sermon title is "Rescue. Food From God". Do mark your calendar and visit ChristUnite.com that day to read the sermon and find out what is this food and feast.
6 Feb 2022 Romans 4:20-21 (ESV), Luke 1:45, 37 (NIV 2011)
Romans 4:20-21 (ESV)
20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
Luke 1:45 (NIV 2011)
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”
Luke 1:37 (NIV)
For nothing is impossible with God."
5 Feb 2022 1 Samuel 2:2 (NIV)
"There is no one holy like the Lord ; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
4 Feb 2022 Matthew 18:15 (NIV)
"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
3 Feb 2022 Proverbs 16:24 (ESV)
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
2 Feb 2022 Philippians 2:2 (NIV), Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV, ESV)
Philippians 2:2 (NIV)
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
24 “The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV)
24 The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
1 Feb 2022 Philippians 4:8 (NIV 2011)
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
