For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: if One died for all, then all died. And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.(2 Corinthians 5:14-15 HCSB ©®)
No one who knows Yahweh can fail to boast on His righteousness and His love and His glory and His strength. Everything in heaven and earth will one day be summed up in His Son Jesus. Already, all things are summed up in Him prophetically. We can already see the Kingdom and by His hand in the earth we can […]
“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward! But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father […]
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.”(John 4:13-14 HCSB ©®) I am the living bread that came down […]
Many things are cyclical – many others are linear. Growing corn and cows are cyclical works. Start with a seed, move through the cycle until you have lots of seeds, and cornbread along the way. Start with a cow and a bull, move through the cycle until you have lots of bulls and cows, and cream and steak along the […]
How blessed are the pure in heart! for they will see God. (Matthew 5:8 Complete Jewish Bible ©®) Father, what needs to be purified in my heart today? Show me and purify me. Please show me my need and Your love and grace. Show me Your favor and change me into the likeness of Jesus!
When the Spirit of Jesus filled Peter, he was still Peter. The difference was like the change from a bud to a flower. Who he really was became real-ized. Expect the same as you surrender to who Yahweh says you are and walk in that identity. When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were […]
In 15:11-31, Luke recorded Jesus telling a parable about a man who had two sons. Before the story was over, each of the sons referred to himself as a slave to his father. The father considered each one an heir, though, and proved it by giving them his possessions. Nothing meant as much to him as his sons did. Show […]
In the parable Jesus told about a man with two sons (Luke 15:11-31), by the end of the story, the wasteful, rebellious son was in the house, and the reliable, obedient son was outside. In the parable Jesus told about another man with two sons (Matthew 21:28-32), He drew a similar point for the Pharisees He was teaching: the tax-collectors […]
Despising singularity, some people marry. Discovering the cost of relationships and community, some people divorce. As we mature in life, there are times of being liberated from habits and deceptions and relationships that are powerful enough to change our identity. Other times are events of being brought under the power of the love of Jesus and given freedom to be […]