While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the high priest’s servants came. When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”But he denied it: “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the entryway, and a rooster crowed.When the servant saw him […]
On days, we don’t see any relationship between the idea He had when He threw the leaders out of His Father’s house because of their mismanagement of His property and us perhaps mismanaging lives that, at some point along the way, we declared were His. Our lives are His. Our relationships with Him are not just built on the fact […]
By whom are you troubled? Someone who is hateful, or deceitful, or who is a thief? If it is January, there are no pecans visible on the limbs of a pecan tree. Not even a leaf. The pecans are there, though – already in the tree. If it continues to be January, the nuts will remain in the tree, and […]
When Paul wrote the letter to the congregations at Corinth that we call 1 Corinthians, he was not instructing them about how to have nice marriages when he got to what we marked Chapter 13. The last phrase in Chapter 12 and the first phrase in Chapter 14 make it clear that he was instructing them regarding being, together, married […]
Someone who is not under the influence of the Spirit of God while reading the Scriptures is like a person who walks up to the home of Jesus and His Father, and looks in the huge, low windows to see the furnishings and friends and family inside, but is still outside, not knowing where the Door is. Someone who is […]
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe because of the works themselves.I assure you: The one who believes in Me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, I […]
When our Awesome God tries to instruct us regarding doing impossible things, we usually respond with something that sounds like (hick accent) “Ha! You ain’t from around here, are ya?” His very gracious response is then usually, “No, I am not from around here. And where I come from, I can do anything. Would you like to join Me? I […]
Trees that have weathered many storms have stronger roots. The storms shake the tree, wiggling the roots back and forth, creating more space around them for easier growth. The roots take this advantage, growing bigger and stronger and more productive at sending nutrients up into the tree. Believers who trust Yahweh can have greater and stronger and more productive roots […]
When the racist issue of Hellenistic Jewish widows being treated poorly compared to the Hebraic Jewish widows in Acts 6 developed, the apostles responded. They called for 7 sons from Hellenistic families to take up the responsibilities of distributing food to their widows daily. The apostles’ stated rationale was that it would be inappropriate for them to “neglect the word […]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the […]