Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship. Rom 12:1 Well, you didn’t think we would leave …
DB Methods Gems
Bible Gem 716 – Pray in the Spirit at all times – Questions (Eph 6:18)
Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request there is. For the same reason be alert with every kind of effort and request for all the saints. Ephesians 6:18 This is a short verse pregnant with meaning. It is …
Bible Gem 663 – Therefore . . . (Eph 4:1-2)
Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. …
Bible Gem 614 – According to the pleasure of His will (Eph 1:5)
having fore-ordained us (he had already decided) [a past participle which should be interpreted as the time frame of when it took place] to be adopted [infinitive clause of the purpose of the fore-ordaining] through Jesus Christ [prepositional phrase of means or instrum ent, the …
Bible Gem 609 – Going Deeper Still – Just As (Eph 1:4)
“just as he chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and without blame before Him in love” (Eph 1:4) We have dug around this verse but we can dig deeper yet. You can always go deeper with the Word …
Bible Gem 1647 – Putting the People’s Plans in Perspective (Acts 14:11-18)
When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in their local dialect, “These men are gods in human form!” They decided that Barnabas was the Greek god Zeus and that Paul was Hermes, since he was the chief speaker. Now the temple of …
Bible Gem 1645 – Investigating the Crowd’s Reaction in Lystra (Acts 14:11-18)
When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in their local dialect, “These men are gods in human form!” They decided that Barnabas was the Greek god Zeus and that Paul was Hermes, since he was the chief speaker. Now the temple of …