God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
In reply he said: ¨Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. Blind guides is what they are. If, then, a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.¨ Matthew 15:13-14 (Reference Bible) Perhaps a little more should be said about where we need to be directing... Continue Reading →
In reply he said to them: ¨Why is it you also overstep the commandment of God because of your tradition?¨ Matthew 15:3 (Reference Bible) Our Savior was approached by the religious leaders of His time. They demanded an explanation as to why His followers were overstepping the obvious acceptable traditions. Instead of entering a complex... Continue Reading →
And after they got up into the boat, the windstorm abated. Then those in the boat did obeisance to him, saying: ¨You are really God´s Son.¨ Matthew 14:32-33 (Reference Bible) Have you ever wondered how you would have felt to witness Jesus personally performing some wonderful miracle? Imagine if it had been you and I... Continue Reading →
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