God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings--external regulations applying until the time of the new order. Hebrews 9:10 NIV The boy did not want to go. Every Sunday morning his parents would wake him, give him breakfast, and then walk him down to the church. He had to... Continue Reading →
The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. Hebrews 9:8 NIV The impressive flights of stairs led up out of the Asian jungle into the face of the cliff in the mountain. The... Continue Reading →
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Hebrews 8:12 NIV On a high school backpacking trip the teenagers found themselves camping near a beautiful mountain lake. In the grass and crystal clear water by the shore they started finding and catching harmless snakes. They managed to collect more... Continue Reading →
So many people out there are sensing a deep emptiness and really suffering. So many of them are being taught by all kinds of experts on how to fill their emptiness. But how many of them are ever being directed to get down on their knees, search the Scriptures, and actually come to know their... Continue Reading →
We often look down on the little ones and think that they have so much to learn about life and living right. But they are honest to themselves and to God. Shall we pray today that we are just as honest before the Lord as those little ones who laugh or cry but draw their... Continue Reading →
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Hebrews 8:10 NIV In the heat of the African afternoon sunshine,... Continue Reading →
For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. Hebrews 8:7 NIV The child knew he should not do it. He had repeatedly heard the rule all his life. But to his parent´s surprise and disappointment, he stepped over the line. He disobeyed.... Continue Reading →
and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. Hebrews 8:2 NIV The children were preparing for their Christmas program. It was late evening and most of the big hall of the church was in darkness. The music teacher was working with a group of students... Continue Reading →
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:25 NIV Walking alone through the African Bushveld, a young man saw the tracks of an elephant on the ground. He was surprised and decided to follow them to see how... Continue Reading →
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:19 NIV The sea rose and fell on the rocks where the man sat. His Bible lay open in his lap. He had considered himself a Christian his whole life. But now he was... Continue Reading →
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