By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five colonnades. Within these lay a multitude of the sick—blind, lame, and paralyzed [—waiting for the moving of the water, because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got […]
Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.” “You give them something to eat,” He told them. (Luke 9:12-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible® ©) How, in your mind, were the […]
When you enter any facility where secrets or other valuables are stored, you are required to identify yourself in a manner that convinces any guards on hand that you should be allowed. It may be a badge, or having the proper fingerprint or retina blood vessel pattern, or a password. Similar identification can be used to prevent unauthorized entry even […]
Three reasons there is always a desert between the place of hearing an instruction or promise from Yahweh and the fulfillment or acquisition of that promise or purpose are so that we can learn more about Who Yahweh is, about who He says we are, and about what our purposes and goals are when we enter the place we have […]
James had this advice about selfish ambition: Who is wise and understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom’s gentleness. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and lie in defiance of the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For […]
Amy Carmichael served Jesus faithfully and effectively in India until 1951. She knew Him well and shared that knowledge with all who would listen. Some of her knowledge of Him includes: “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” “Satan is much more in earnest than we are – he buys up the opportunity while we are […]
Matthew 3:16 – When Jesus was baptized by his cousin John in the river, Heaven opened and the Spirit of God came down on Him. The Holy Spirit then did something that He loves to do after He baptizes someone: He drove Jesus out into the wilderness. In the place of lack and pain and threats of more, Jesus encountered […]
In the Kingdom of Heaven, the only secular work is something you have chosen to do yourself. When you find what work the King has chosen you for, you will find that it requires a Spiritual gift, that He makes it supernaturally easy, and that doing it gives you life. His yoke is easy and His burden is light when […]
Look at the context of Mark 9:23, where Jesus is quoted as saying, “All things are possible for the one who believes.” Remembering that the few times His disciples asked Him to explain something, He replied with detail about what He meant, ask Him some things like: Was the “all things” reference figurative, or literal? Could that “one who believes” […]
Hebrews 1:14 is in the section of the letter to the Hebrews that compares Jesus to angels. The letter exposes, in subject after subject, that everything that the Jews held valuable is superseded in value by the Person and the works of Jesus. The priesthood, the sacrifice, the angels, etc. “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister […]