The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat […]
Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to […]
Christmas is magic. Communion is supernatural. Magic disappoints after great building expectation. Supernatural surprises and builds valuable things. In love terms, eros is magic, and agape is supernatural. In information terms, CNN and FOX are magic. Scripture and prophecy are supernatural. Magic deceives. Supernatural informs. Magic entertains. Supernatural confronts. Magic pretends. Supernatural manifests. Magic is a loop that keeps reiterating […]
“I assure you: Anyone who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this […]
Laws can convict people, but they can’t change people. We don’t just need the punishment of being imprisoned. We need the discipline of being born of the Eternal Father and filled with His Spirit of Life. We need to be convinced that Life is to be preferred over death. Since I am speaking to those who understand law, brothers, are […]
He saved them from the hand of the adversary;He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.Water covered their foes;not one of them remained.Then they believed His promisesand sang His praise. They soon forgot His worksand would not wait for His counsel.(Psalm 106:10-13 HCSB ©®) Remembering His works can cause us to expect victory and success.Waiting for His counsel can […]
Note verse 11: “The secret of the kingdom of God has been granted to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables…” Note verse 13: “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?” 10 When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables. 11 […]
He went to His hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “How did this wisdom and these miracles come to Him? Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother called Mary, and His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, aren’t they all with us? So where does He […]
By faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.(Acts 3:16 HCSB ©®) It was the name of Jesus that healed the man at the gate called “beautiful.” Use the name at every opportunity. […]
The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested. Yet as surely as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord’s glory, none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me, will […]