“We become more focused on our own salvation and self-righteousness rather than to openly struggle with some of these hard sayings of Jesus which challenge our twisted ethics that justify the killing of enemies instead of the loving of the same. How are your vital signs now?”
On Equal Footing
“Just as we are blessed in our current condition of difficulties now, woe to us who are content and full and thought well of now. Things. Will. Change. Honestly, which would you rather be?”
On People Like Us
“We’re not merely hearing about who he is, what he carries or what he can do. We hear today of the effect of him ON PEOPLE LIKE US.”
Thrown Off a Cliff
“When he spoke, things would happen. In our story today, Jesus spoke, and things happened, as well. THEY WANTED TO THROW HIM OFF A CLIFF.”
We Know More Now
“Only when we honestly claim our poverty, captivity, blindness or oppression. THAT’S WHEN JESUS BECOMES REAL FOR ALL OF US.”
Once Recognized
“THE FEELING OF BEING IN HIS PRESENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AGAIN. Not merely a picture on the wall or a celebrity in a train station, it was feeling familiar when they encountered Jesus again.”
Shape Our Expectations
“Light had come into the world in the form of Jesus, God’s beloved Son, filled with the Holy Spirit. EXPECTATIONS, birthed from trust in God and our own needs, CHANGE, quite often, BY REVELATION.”
The Lord Can Be Trusted
“It was no longer a passion filled hope or a cry in the darkness. Everything he said they could trust!”
Exceptional and Remarkable
“Prior to the exceptional and remarkable manifested, the biblical record tells us the Lord conveys words, visions, dreams to inform some of the faithful IT’S NOW TIME TO BELIEVE.”
A Little Less and A Little More
“John spoke of what would benefit everyone if everyone thought of themselves A BIT LESS and consider others A BIT MORE. By this, valleys will be filled and mountains and hills made low. “
Psalm 102 in The Message 