What do I add to the body of Jesus? Is my contribution even noticeable? Am I a costly weight being carried along by other loving believers who are praying that I will get a life? That’s a costly question when I ask it. A better question set to lean into is: Who does Jesus say that I am? Am I […]
Be aware of the Lord. Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not rely on your own understanding;think about Him in all your ways,and He will guide you on the right paths.Don’t consider yourself to be wise;fear the Lord and turn away from evil.This will be healing for your bodyand strengthening for your bones.Honor the Lord with your […]
Most of us have a computer in one of our pockets at any time we are awake. It can be used as a telephone also. It can likely be used as a map service that has at least major highways anywhere on the planet, and can show you where you are in relation to the map if you have a […]
Suppose someone became a believer in Jesus, and read the New Testament. Then, suppose s/he met me. Would I be a contradiction to what had been read, or a manifestation of it? Holy Spirit of Jesus, make us to be the realization of what you made to be done and then written and preserved in the Book. Cause people who […]
What should we learn from what Jesus told the Sadducees in what we call Matthew 22:29? He said that they didn’t know the Scriptures and they didn’t know the power of God. The Sadducees had the Scriptures memorized, but Jesus said that they didn’t know the Scriptures. Their religious experiences and teachers had trained them that anything someone reported to […]
Every instruction from Yahweh to any particular person as recorded in Scripture is not necessarily a command to you. If that were true, you would need to both always carry a sword with you and never carry a sword with you. Everyone who became a follower of Jesus would need to wait in Jerusalem until Pentecost. Everyone would need to […]
It is easy to tell when someone has spent too much time listening to the Weather Channel or to CNN or Fox. They are overflowing with bad news. It is also easy to tell when someone has spent enough time reading or listening to the Scriptures. They are overflowing with faith and life and hope. If you were the guy […]
For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. So the body is not one part but […]
Daniel asked for both the content and interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and received them (Daniel 2). Jesus told the people who gathered for what we call the sermon on the mount that His Father wanted to bless them with what they sought from Him: “Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep […]
Many people are not committed to anything. Most people who are committed to something are simply committed to their own comfort. Some are not even committed enough to their own comfort to make any sacrifices to make the presence of comfort reliable. If I am committed to something, I should have subsequent or subservient commitments: if I want comfort, I […]