God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
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 →
Then He touched their eyes, saying: ¨According to Your Faith let it happen to you.¨ Matthew 9:29 (Reference Bible) Probably the greatest failure we Christians commit each day is cutting short or making small our Savior and our God. Matthew 9 verses 27-34 we find a couple short accounts of people being healed by their... Continue Reading →
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Matthew 8:22 (KJV) There are some texts that we prefer not to look into too deep. If we read them or refer to them we do so lightly, and then pass on to ones which we feel more comfortable with. The... Continue Reading →
But He said to them: ¨Why are you so afraid, you with little faith?¨ Matthew 8:26 (New World Translation) Jesus was sleeping peacefully in the boat, but the followers of Jesus were undergoing a very frightful test. It is a pretty scary thing when you are at the mercy of the winds and seas. Even... Continue Reading →
Hearing that, Jesus became amazed and said to those following him: ¨I tell you the truth, with no one in Israel have I found so great a faith.¨ Matthew 8:10 (Reference Bible) This story of the Centurion is beautiful in the fact that there was found someone who actually stood out on their belief in... Continue Reading →
If we were to strip down our faith and our religion, what would we find there? There is much that we could include and many outward expressions. But should we try to get beyond all the superfluous matter and get to the heart of the matter, what is hiding there below the surface? Far deeper... Continue Reading →
Perhaps we are living in a day and age where nearly every person has at some point been made aware of the need to pray. Although prayer may be losing popularity in the national and public eye, at least people know that it is there and will have to adjust themselves somehow on what they... Continue Reading →
For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 (American Standard Version) One of the forever highly disputable concepts that we must each seek an adequate balance of is that between justification by faith... Continue Reading →
We have all had tough times to get through where we wonder why this could be happening to us. Some may turn to the Lord for help or comfort while dealing with these painful times. Others try to cure their pain by reasoning it out somehow with their powers of mental capacity. But perhaps we... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 