“Despite the skepticism of our world or our neighbor, we have something to share, and we can trust the listener, the reader, and the friend can take our word for it.”
Category: God
He Stirred Our Faith
” Jesus enters OUR LIVES AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES triumphant over any enemy and affliction of spirit, soul or body. He enters today our conditions of depression or misery AS OUR VICTOR.”
Not Where It Ends
“We so often live our spiritual lives as those who search for a path of access to the God of our salvation. Such a pursuit or struggle wears us out in the long run. We then find meager contentment in believing we’re saved, and heaven is our home when we die. Scripture, however, conveys to us WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE GOD OF OUR SALVATION.”
That We Might Be Saved
“It is in grace, divine unmerited favor, that Jesus was lifted up to draw all the world to himself. It is in grace God so loved the world that he gave his son, and it is in grace that his light has come. When light exposes what is hidden, secrets no longer need to be covered because JESUS DID NOT COME TO CONDEMN THE SECRETS HIDDEN, THE EVIL DEEDS COVERED, BUT THAT WE MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM.”
Where Is Our Zeal?
John 2: 13-22 Here are some random thoughts about money. A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first place. Back in the day, an interviewer asked Bing Crosby how he could always stay so calm and unperturbed. Bing pulled from his pocket a huge chunk of dollar bills and said,…
Such Risky Adventures
“So, when I hear or read, “If any want to become my followers,” I wince a bit. I know there’s a cost. There’s a cost in carrying a cross, in denying oneself, and it sounds like a follower follows alone. BUT WE DON’T FOLLOW ALONE. JESUS WASN’T ALONE ENTERING HIS PASSION. We wouldn’t be either.”
Obvious Parallels
The message to our world, our community, our friends, family and neighbors IS NOT GOD’S REGRET AND GOD’S JUDGMENT. God already went through that.
What Has He Said? (Trust What He Said)
“He was rejected by his own and died on a Roman cross surrounded by the jeers and curses of those who cheered him when he arrived days before – trust what he says. He arose from the dead, walked through locked doors, showed his friends the nail holes and told them signs and wonders will follow those who believe – trust what he says. Alleluia.”
Lost Track of Us
” Isaiah proclaimed when you wait on the Lord you’ll find strength emotionally, spiritually or physically. A fulfillment of this was in Jesus. Simon’s mother-in-law may have felt hidden from and disregarded by the Lord, but Jesus took her by the hand and the fever left her.”
They Were All Amazed
“The teaching blessed the crowd the most. The miraculous exorcism was what blessed this man the most.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 