God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
In reply Peter said to him: ¨Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you over the waters.¨ He said ¨Come!¨ Matthew 14:28-29 (Reference Bible) Peter must have been frightened but a spark of hope burned in his heart that this was actually his Master walking out there on the lake. So he... Continue Reading →
After sending the crowds away, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone. Matthew 14:23 (New World Translation) It is important to note that Jesus sought out His moments to pray. Jesus had tried to get away after hearing of John the Baptist´s death, but found... Continue Reading →
However, Jesus said to them: ¨They do not have to leave: You give them something to eat.¨ Matthew 14:16 (Reference Bible) What a wonderful look into spiritual ways is this story of the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus knew what He was doing in every given moment. So closely did He walk with the... Continue Reading →
And upon landing he saw a great crowd and had pity on them and cured their sick. Matthew 14:14 (Byington) Jesus lived a perfect example of One dedicated first and foremost to being with His Father and finding the time to spend in communion with Him. He sought out times to pray or times to... Continue Reading →
And after coming into his home territory he began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said: ¨Where did this man get this wisdom and these powerful works?¨ Matthew 13:54 (Reference Bible) Jesus went home to where the people knew Him. When they heard Him and saw Him perform miraculous... Continue Reading →
´That is how it will be in the conclusion of the system of things: the angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the righteous´ Matthew 13:49 (Reference Bible) In Matthew 13 verses 41 to 51, once again Jesus uses the words; ¨the kingdom of heaven is like.¨ He gently instructs us on... Continue Reading →
¨Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a traveling merchant seeking fine pearls.¨ Matthew 13:45 (Reference Bible) Matthew 44 to 46 tells us the words Jesus used to describe a peculiar point about the treasures found in the Spiritual Realm. Jesus uses the analogies of a merchant seeking fine pearls and a man discovering... Continue Reading →
Then after dismissing the crowds he went into the house. And the disciples came to him and said: ¨Explain to us the illustration of the weeds in the field.¨ Matthew 13:36 (Reference Bible) We who read the Bible today have a slight advantage in some way over those who heard Jesus preach. Jesus Christ spoke... Continue Reading →
All this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and spoke nothing to them without parable, Matthew 13:34 (Byington) Matthew 13 is full of parables Jesus used to instruct the people or us if you will, into the wealth and knowledge of how things are in the spiritual realm. Man, since the fall has been... Continue Reading →
So the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ¨Master, did you not sow fine seed in your field? How, then, does it have weeds?¨ Matthew 13:27 (New World Translation) Wouldn´t it be a nice trick to be able to say that the weeds in Jesus´ parable were the people... Continue Reading →
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