Weekly Scripture 12-14-2025

Answer:

This comes from Proverbs:

__:__The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Everywhere we go people all over have cell phones. After all we have to stay connected these days, but I wonder how many times we tend to use and depend on our cell phones rather than going to God in prayer. Brother or sister as a Christian we have a direct line to the Father through Jesus Christ! Cell phones can get out of range and lose service, but when we are in fellowship with God and praying in His good and perfect will, we can be sure that He hears us and gives us an answer. That is something the unbeliever cannot claim, since our righteousness comes from Christ we can pray to God and know that He hears us and responds to His children. There is one prayer that can, however, come from the unbeliever that God will hear, and that is a heartfelt prayer crying out for mercy and for Jesus to save them. Praise the Lord for prayer but be sure to talk to God quite often.

Weekly Scripture 12-7-2025

Answer: Mark 13:2

This comes from Mark

__:__And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

*The temple on the temple mount at the time that Jesus gave this answer was a marvelous and beautiful structure. It appeared as if it could not be destroyed and as if it would always be there, but what the disciples were seeing was things in this physical world. There is a great spiritual lesson here that I think we can all learn from. The only things that stand are the eternal things that are unseen by the physical eye, for instance we are told that God's Word will not pass away in Matt. 24:35. We see a lot of Christians today going around with sad long faces, and oftentimes it is because their eyes have drifted off of the eternal treasures that they have in Jesus to the things around them. To be sure if you have your mind on rotting and decaying things, then you would become depressed. But, as Christians we are to keep our minds focused on Jesus and the eternal treasures that we have in Him. He will lead us in his will as long as we are willing to be led, but we must retain a correct perspective. I think that one of the greatest ways of keeping our spiritual eyes upon Jesus is in and through sincere prayer. Let us remain focused on God's promises.