The next day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry. After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. He said to it, “May no one ever eat […]
Some people like lemons. Some like limes, but not lemons. Some don’t like either. If the lemon is a car, nobody likes it. If you bought a car that turned out to be a lemon from a dealer who gave you a warranty, you could take it back and have it fixed. If you had to take it back 8 […]
Pretend that a $156,015.00 2019 Porsche 911 is sitting in my front yard. With no battery. I suppose that if you could get a battery for $87.00, the car would still be worth $155,928.00. It still looks great in my driveway. How much are we devalued if we are powerless? We may have the look, the talk, the relationships, the […]
Peace with Yahweh and inner peace from His Spirit are more valuable and more powerful and more effective than peace with my enemies can be. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, […]
Who is the person who fears the Lord? He will show him the way he should choose. He will live a good life, and his descendants will inherit the land. The secret counsel of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He reveals His covenant to them. My eyes are always on the Lord, for He will pull […]
I don’t believe Jonah loved the citizens of Nineveh. My interpretation of his story is that he refused to warn them of Yahweh’s announcement of judging them. When he repented and finally went to preach to them, he simply condemned them. When they repented and Yahweh relented, he was annoyed that his prophetic word about their destruction hadn’t come to […]
If I read the Bible in order to learn right from wrong more than I read it to learn Who Jesus is and who He says I am, I am much more likely to develop a ministry of condemnation than one of redemption.
Let your imagination create in your mind the idea that you are sitting in a throne so large that Jesus is sitting in it, too, and yet there is room for more. Imagine that you can look at the face of Jesus and read His expressions of confidence and power as He observes everything that He has created, which is: […]
Moses said to the Lord, “Look, You have told me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ Now if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, please teach me Your ways, and I […]
And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ. (Ephesians 4:32 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) The way God forgave you in Christ was by the payment for sin on the cross of Jesus. That is the way we forgive one another, too. There is no other source of that […]