Jesus said to His followers, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will speak to this mountain, and tell it to move from here to there, and it will move.” (Matthew 17:20). However, if I have that kind of power, but do not have the fruit of the Spirit of agape, love, I am a zero: […]
Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. (Mark 7:15-16 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) Your responses to your surroundings either strengthen you or defile you. The responses that are forged in the purifying flame of the fruit of the Spirit of Life sanctify […]
But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’ daughter danced before them and pleased Herod. So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. And prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter!” Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and […]
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman. But the one by the slave was born according to the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of […]
Its costly on days to have Jesus around. When He cast the demons out of the man and into the pigs, it was costly. When He called the rich young ruler to follow Him, it was costly. When He called had a meal in the home of Zacchaeus, it was costly. When He cast demons out of Mary, her response […]
The more we know Jesus, the more He reveals to us who we are. Be clear, though – it is not knowledge about Him that can open our eyes this way. It is knowing Him. As He reveals Himself to us, He reveals both the future identity He already considers us to have, and the contrasting, current, fleshy, dead identity […]
Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness. He also said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” But he said, “Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?” He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a […]
Those who reject Jesus as King and as Savior should be provoking a response from those of us who receive Him as King and as Savior. Our hearts should be injured at His rejection, because He is not just good, but He is worthy to be worshiped both as King and as Savior. Revelation of His wonderfulness as Redeemer should […]
On the days when 6 things break, and we don’t have resources to have even 1 of them repaired, or when a loved one is struck down, or the news regarding our work or our home or our relationships is unbearable, the blow can expose the material from which we are made. Our constitution is revealed in tests. The hammer […]
Believers in China, Pakistan, North Korea, or Iran are not being publicly charged with embezzlement, child molestation, intolerance, or self-righteousness. Believers in these and many more areas of the earth are, however, being tortured and murdered very frequently. Church members in the Western hemisphere are frequently bringing shame to the Savior instead of glory. These issues might be worth praying […]