God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
There also came to him a leper, entreating him even on bended knee, saying to him: “If you just want to, you can make me clean.” Mark 1:40 (Reference Bible) One could feel a healthy sense of jealousy when reading of this poor leper who approached Jesus. Not for his terrible disease or even for... Continue Reading →
So Jesus said to the: “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.¨ And at once they abandoned their nets and followed him. Mark 1:17-18 (New World Translation) Have you ever wondered what our reaction would have been that day if you and I were there and heard those words? Would we... Continue Reading →
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. Mark 1:15 (KJV) Finally God´s great plan had reached that crucial point after an allotted period had run its due course. Jesus was here to announce that God and His kingdom were within reach. This... Continue Reading →
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Matthew 28:16-17 (NIV) What an exciting time, Jesus had risen from the grave and was going to meet the disciples on the mountain. Incredible things were happening all around. ... Continue Reading →
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Matthew 28:9 (KJV)The women were hurrying from the tomb where the angel had told them that Jesus had risen. They were frightened and glad at the same time. ... Continue Reading →
And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; Matthew 27:51 (ASV)A lot more was happening than spectators could possible know in that moment when Jesus breathed His last breath. Since that day we have had fuller... Continue Reading →
And they set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Matthew 27:37 (ASV)They have now crucified Jesus. They had him hung up upon a cross to die. All the rumors of Jesus being the promised Messiah seemed to have less chance of proving to be correct all... Continue Reading →
And again he denied it, with an oath: ¨I do not know the man!¨ Matthew 26:72 (Reference Bible) Peter was in the courtyard and people kept noticing that he had been one of those who followed Jesus. When he was confronted, his response was denial. Peter loved Jesus and thought He was the Messiah, but... Continue Reading →
¨Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.¨ Matthew 26:41 (KJV) There are some bold new teachers out there these days which would have us think that there is more power in just one prayer. These confident people push the idea that we show... Continue Reading →
¨Concerning that day and the hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.¨ Matthew 24:36 (Reference Bible) Jesus states this here and thereby the words are like written in stone. The text which comes previous to this one states that heaven and earth will pass away but... Continue Reading →
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