Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.(Colossians 4:2 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) Rejoice always!Pray constantly.Give thanks in everything,for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) There is never a time once you become a believer at which you are separated from your Savior. It is possible to […]
Jesus told His disciples, “Every student of Scripture (‘scribe’) who becomes a disciple of the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings new things and old things out of his storage.” (Matthew 13:52) We need to know the law, but find our discipline in the King’s instruction, both by what He caused to be written, and by what […]
Lord, there is no one like You.You are great;Your name is great in power.Who should not fear You,King of the nations?It is what You deserve.For among all the wise people of the nationsand among all their kingdoms,there is no one like You.They are both senseless and foolish,instructed by worthless idolsmade of wood!Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,and gold from Uphazfrom […]
Its short enough that most of us who were around church as kids had to memorize it. It is the go-to in 80% of our funerals. It is easy to make reading through it sound like “zabazabazabazaba…..zzzzz.” Try considering any problem you are facing or are concerned you will have to face, under the influence of this phrase in verse […]
He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”He told them another parable: […]
If we are even just looking for His Kingdom, we will find the path to provision and protection and revelation and purpose. Even if we don’t know what the Kingdom of Heaven really is, searching for it will be rewarded with His presence in our lives in ways that keep us under His guard and having access to His storehouse. […]
The parable of the sower and the seed is about the Kingdom, not about how to be saved and born again: “You, then, listen to the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown […]
When your circumstances are creating misery or pain or fear, remember Joseph’s circumstances – he was in Pharaoh’s prison for refusal to submit to temptation. Though he was in Pharaoh’s prison, he was Yahweh’s prisoner. When Paul was in Caesar’s prison, he was Yahweh’s prisoner. They were being held in position for the moment at which they could offer audience […]