God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Forgiveness, as we see it today, does not always go as far as Jesus or our Father in Heaven wants us to forgive. It needs to get down below our pain. It needs to get right into our heart to where it becomes a part of how we love our brother and sister in Christ.... Continue Reading →
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 →
How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? Hebrews 10:29 NIV An injury left a man unable... Continue Reading →
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2nd Corinthians 5:10 NIV A sports injury had left him with a small disability in his right arm. The insurance company wanted... Continue Reading →
To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? 2nd Corinthians 2:16 NIV “Oh, you just have to try it!” They were told. “It is the best fruit ever!” But the newly arrived visitors stared at the sign in... Continue Reading →
Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2nd Corinthians 1:9 NIV A man accepted the invitation to go with a friend to a concert. He did not always agree with the way his friend... Continue Reading →
So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? Romans 2:3 NIV We do it. We do it all the time. Somewhere deep within each person we find room to set ourselves apart. We know what is good. We know... Continue Reading →
Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me." Acts 8: 24 (NIV) He does exactly as we often do. Simon turns from what God is doing and looks to worldly ends. Foolishly he takes an extra greedy step. But the Disciples show him... Continue Reading →
The God of our fathers raised Jesus from the dead--whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree. Acts 5:30 (NIV) What a crass manner to accuse their accusers! The Disciples point out recklessly to the jury of their own guilt in the death of Jesus Christ. Crazy! Insane! Nobody wants to hear... Continue Reading →
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Acts 5:3 Ananias and his wife stepped over the line. They thought that they could keep something secret... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 