When you become convinced that your future is safe in Christ, then things relating to your past and your present can become safe in Him. Your provision, your health, your happiness, your relationships – all of these can become safe in Him when you trust Him. Their safety is not in Him the way it would be in a bank […]
The storm Mark mentioned in chapter 4 of his news was set at peace because Jesus was at peace. When Luke recorded Jesus’ sending on mission of the 70 disciples in chapter 10, he said that Jesus instructed them to have peace, to prophesy that peace over a household, and if their peace was not accepted, it would return to […]
“If you know Me, you will also know My Father. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.” “Lord,” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. […]
Air and spirit and breath are all referred to in Hebrew with one word. The same is true of one Greek word that speaks of all three. Air has varying “thickness.” At sea level, it has a greater thickness than at 5,000’ above sea level. It is, therefore, easier to fly a kite with a 100’ string than it is […]
“I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) This is how we give evidence of being His disciples – by loving each […]
Now great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them: “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. “For which […]
You are the workmanship of Yahweh (Ephesians 2:10). He created you in Christ to further His workmanship, by preparing work for you to walk into and accomplish. David laid out the material and the plans for Solomon to build a temple to Yahweh. We call it Solomon’s temple, but it was prepared for Solomon to do. He just stepped into […]
Musician Paul Wilbur has the idea that a YouTube video of Stacy Westfall and her horse Whizard’s Baby Doll is an excellent example of the contrast between living life by trying to be good enough to obey the rules of the law or by being sensitive enough to live life by listening to the Spirit of Life. Typically, in competitions […]
For the kingdom of God is not in talk but in power. (1 Corinthians 4:20 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) We use it as an insult to say that someone is “all talk.” What do we declare regarding the Kingdom of Heaven, and how do we declare it? What should we be praying would change?
How do you expect carnal, immature believers and unbelievers to treat you? Should they be nice and generous and forgiving and tolerant and happy to see you? Will they? If you have discovered that you don’t like a certain beverage, like mineral water, or buttermilk, you are not likely to drink it if you see it coming. Interacting with humans […]