Daily Grace
The Lord is My Helper
“God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?’ ” (Hebrews 13:5b-6). These words begin with a promise from God. Alexander Maclaren said that...
Don’t Miss God’s Grace
“See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many” (Hebrews 12:15). The grace of God keeps us focused on what He has done for us. To fall short of grace means that we fall back to legalism and...
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of...
Faith Pleases God
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). When we love someone we want to please them. If a person is important to us we want their...
Faith is Our Title-Deed
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). “Being sure of what we hope for” is an important statement about faith. Faith touches the future. The expression “being sure” is the translation of a word that was used for...
God Works from the Inside Out
“ ‘This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.’ Then he adds: ‘Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more’ ” (Hebrews 10:16-17). God had a plan in the Old...
God Forgets Our Sins
“But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (Hebrews 10:3-4). In the Old Testament the Day of Atonement was a day in which the people brought sacrifices to atone for all the sins of the...
Jesus’ Death Was Enough
“So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him” (Hebrews 9:28). What a powerful statement about what Jesus did for us! He died so that we, who...
A Clean Conscience
“The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God,...