The pain and turmoil can make it extremely difficult for us to swallow it all and forgive those who hurt us. If we are set on following Jesus though, shall we try to see past ourselves, and our issues, and focus on the figure of our Savior suffering on the cross to forgive us when... Continue Reading →
Perfect Through Suffering
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. Hebrews 2:10 NIV Grow up, go to school, get a job, find someone and get married and then start a little family. It sounded so simple... Continue Reading →
Giving What We Have
Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." Acts 3:6 (NIV) Peter and John come across a man who cannot walk. He asks them for money. But they don´t have. They have something much more important. ... Continue Reading →
Leaving Jesus
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve. John 6:66-67 (NIV) After Jesus teaches on some more difficult subjects to grasp, many people turned away. They stopped following Jesus. It was too much for them to... Continue Reading →
They Like?
As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces, and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.’ Mark 12:38-39 (NIV) Because Jesus called them by name, is it easy... Continue Reading →
Come After Me!
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 →
