God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
It is a very uncomfortable topic that most people prefer not to dive into. But when giving our hearts to the Lord, we should consider our intentions. It is too easy to say we are offering our hearts to God but still keep them tightly clutched to ourselves. We will have the say of when,... Continue Reading →
Some preach that it is the Christian calling and duty to get out there and convert others to their beliefs. While this is one of the things Christ Himself taught us, it is not the first or the most important. It would be like sending out salespeople door to door without first giving them a... Continue Reading →
One thing that dark powers would steal from us if they can is our close ties with the Lord. It is also the one thing that we cannot afford to lose. Yet our world is hectic and the enemy is endlessly tricky. Countless distractions would keep us looking in any other direction than our Savior.... Continue Reading →
6. But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” 7. He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength. Acts 3:6-7 Something wonderful... Continue Reading →
Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you now see and hear. Acts 2:33 We may love the holidays for all the joys it brings, but there is one joy that outshines them all. It... Continue Reading →
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God Romans 1:1 (NIV) The call comes. It is the reaction to hearing that determines how far the budding Christian will go. We start with mere notions. We can have the most superficial knowledge of... Continue Reading →
Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 28:31 Blessed are the ones who share Jesus with others! Of all the things a human could share with someone else, Christ is the greatest Treasure! This last text in Acts is a beautiful description of... Continue Reading →
For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Acts 28:30 There is a giant difference between the way we view things and the way God sees them. We see Paul under arrest and waiting for his trial in Rome. God sees his... Continue Reading →
For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' Acts 28:27 (NIV) We have come to a moment where all eternity hinges. ... Continue Reading →
" 'Go to this people and say, "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving." Acts 28:26 (NIV) History repeats itself. Paul uses words the prophet Isaiah needed to use before. In a different point in time the Holy Spirit gives these same words again. They... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 