Tag Archives: Ole Hallesby

MATTHEW 21:33 “There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.” We too … Continue reading →

LUKE 12:32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Here Jesus seeks to give us courage to believe in God. As a matter of fact, He does this often. We … Continue reading →

JOHN 14:13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Here we are told what the real purpose of prayer is, namely, to glorify the name of God. … Continue reading →

HEBREWS 10:35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. Many of God’s children have cast away their boldness. Perhaps you are one of them? You have only some fond memories of the days when holy boldness … Continue reading →

January 04, 2025 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. … Continue reading →

Friday August 30, 2024 Ephesians 5:14 “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” Paul wrote all his letters to believers. Consequently, this Word, too, is written to believers, although not only to them. … Continue reading →

Friday August 23, 2024 Acts 2:4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. To be filled with the Spirit of God is the greatest thing to which we human beings can attain. And unto the attainment of this we … Continue reading →

Friday August 16, 2024 Matthew 12:34 “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” When Jesus speaks to us about our sins, He always directs our attention inward. Our words reflect our heart-life, He says. “Out of the … Continue reading →

Friday August 9, 2024 John 8:34, 36 “Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin . . . therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” Jesus speaks here of bondservants and of those who are … Continue reading →

Friday July 26, 2024 John 16:24 “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” The other day we said that the real purpose of prayer is to glorify God. Today we are told that prayer has still … Continue reading →

Friday July 19, 2024 Matthew 7:14 “For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Jesus does not conceal the fact that the gate is narrow. To get … Continue reading →

Friday July 5, 2024 Romans 3:31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law. Is not the command of the law, “Thou shalt, thou shalt not,” out of order … Continue reading →

Friday June 28, 2024 Matthew 20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.” The greatest work ever begun upon this earth was … Continue reading →

Friday June 21, 2024 Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. The purpose of our being saved is here set before us. Most … Continue reading →

Friday June 14, 2024 John 1:23 “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord.’ ” A remarkable expression! One crying in the wilderness. We would no doubt rather have suggested: … Continue reading →

Friday June 7, 2024 Matthew 16:25 “Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” [In the past] we spoke of unhappy people. Today let us speak of happy ones. Many of the latter do not have much temporal … Continue reading →

Friday May 31, 2024 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. At the new birth God puts into our souls a new power … Continue reading →

Friday May 24, 2024 John 15:2 “Every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” The life of Jesus was full of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, meekness. And it is His will that the world … Continue reading →

Friday May 17, 2024 Luke 11:1 “Lord, teach us to pray.” There is probably not a praying soul who has not prayed thus. But most of us do not really know what we are praying for when we ask the … Continue reading →

Friday May 10, 2024 Isaiah 57:15 “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit.” The Lord dwells with those who are of a humble and contrite heart. He … Continue reading →