Bible study

If God's in His Heaven, What's Wrong with the World?

“God’s in His Heaven, All’s right with the world.” All’s right with the world. Really? Hmmm. That’s not what I was thinking! These familiar lines popped into my head as I was having coffee and my quiet time on the deck this morning. They are taken from a poem that was written by Robert Browning in […]

Psalm 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Context: Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? v. 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within […]

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Context: 1 John 4:9-10 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we have […]

2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Context: 2 Corinthians 12:7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the […]

Psalm 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Context: Psalm 62:1-2 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken Psalm 62:8 Trust […]