God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
It was while they were gathered together in Galilee that Jesus said to them: ¨The Son of man is destined to be betrayed into men´s hands, and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.¨ Consequently they were very much grieved. Matthew 17:22-23 (Reference Bible) Do we stop often enough... Continue Reading →
In reply Jesus said: “O faithless and twisted generation, how long must I continue with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.¨ Matthew 17:17 (Reference Bible) The Disciples had followed Jesus throughout His ministry and had walked with Him, ate with Him and sat at His feet taking... Continue Reading →
While he was yet speaking, look! A bright cloud overshadowed them, and, look! A voice out of the cloud, saying: ¨This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved; listen to him.¨ Matthew 17:5 (Reference Bible) When Peter, James and John witnessed this phenomenon, they threw themselves face down on the ground in fear.... Continue Reading →
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his outer garments became brilliant as the light. Matthew 17:2 (Reference Bible) One of the deadliest blows against the flock of Christ today is the removal of an attitude of wonder over spiritual things. With the great surplus of information, studies... Continue Reading →
And Peter took him in hand and began to rebuke him, saying ¨Away with the thought, sir; this shall not happen to you.¨ But he turned and said to Peter ¨Go behind me, Satan; you are my snare because you do not have God´s ideas but men´s.¨ Matthew 16:22-23 (Byington) Over and over again we... Continue Reading →
In answer Simon Peter said: ¨You are the Christ, the son of the living God.¨ Matthew 16:16 (Reference Bible) When we consider certain people in the Bible some characters stand out. Peter was just this sort of person. Others are mentioned in the stories of Jesus´ life here on earth, but as we read we... Continue Reading →
So they began to reason among themselves, saying: ¨We did not take any loaves along.¨ Matthew 16:7 (Reference Bible) Have you ever been reading the Bible and then stopped to think how many times Jesus had to rebuke people. Here in Matthew 16 verses 5 to 12 we find the story of when Jesus crossed... Continue Reading →
Here the Pharisees and Sadducees approached him and, to tempt him, they asked him to display to them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 (Reference Bible) Quite certainly we would be alone if we were to put forth the idea of reading of the Gospels by placing ourselves in the place of the Pharisees. Jesus... Continue Reading →
But Jesus called his disciples to him and said ¨I feel for the crowd, because it is now three days they have been with me and not had anything to eat; and I do not want to dismiss them fasting, for fear they should grow faint on the road.¨ Matthew 15:32 (Byington) Here in Matthew... Continue Reading →
In answer he said: ¨It is not right to take the bread of the children and throw it to little dogs.¨ Matthew 15:26 (Reference Bible) Jesus had been approached by a Canaanite woman who wanted Him to heal her daughter. First He tried to ignore her but even though His followers wanted Him to send... Continue Reading →
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