Is it acceptable to pray to Jesus?
The general pattern of prayer in Scripture is for believers to address their petitions to the Heavenly Father, approaching Him through the merit and authority of Jesus Christ. Jesus himself directed his followers to pray in this way, identifying the Father as the ultimate source of blessing. The model prayer he provided begins with “Our [...]
What can we do when we have anxious thoughts?
When we’re overcome with anxiety, the Apostle Paul offers valuable guidance that can calm our minds.Philippians (4:8, ASV) says, “...whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be [...]
What is Earth's Great Jubilee?
In the Old Testament, a Jubilee occurred every 50th year. It followed seven cycles of Sabbath or “sabbatic” years. A Sabbath year was the seventh year in Israel’s agricultural cycle when God commanded that the land was to rest. Farmers were not to sow, prune or harvest any crops (Leviticus 25:1-7). Instead, the fields and [...]
What does Matthew 6:34 mean: "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
The phrase “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” (Matthew 6:34, KJV) comes at the end of Jesus’ teaching on worry in the Sermon on the Mount. In simple terms, Jesus is saying that each day has enough trouble of its own, so we should not borrow tomorrow’s anxieties and drag them into today. [...]
What does the Bible say about vows?
Vows in the Bible are portrayed as solemn, weighty commitments made directly to God. Unlike ordinary promises between people, a vow invokes God as witness and carries spiritual gravity. Scripture defines a vow as a voluntary “self-committal to God,” meaning an individual chooses to dedicate something—time, resources or personal devotion—to Him. Because vows are self-imposed [...]
Please explain how to repent.
Repentance is far more than feeling sorry or recognizing that something was wrong. In Scripture, repentance is a fundamental change of direction and thinking. The New Testament highlights this difference by using two distinct Greek words: metamellomai, which means regret or an emotional change, and metanoeo, which means a deliberate change of choice that reshapes [...]