God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. Mark 6:46 (TNIV) Jesus sent off His disciples in a boat and stayed behind to say goodbye to the crowd. As soon as He was alone, He went up the mountain to find a place to pray. The Son of God was a remarkable... Continue Reading →
For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip´s wife, whom he had married. Mark 6:17 (TNIV) We can call ourselves Christian in the common worldly sense today. But that does not mean that in heaven... Continue Reading →
As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:18-19 (TNIV) When we... Continue Reading →
`and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:20 (NIV) One of the sweetest and most reassuring texts we could possibly find is this last remark from the book of Matthew. There are many fears or uncertainties in... Continue Reading →
Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 (ASV) This is the great commission. This is what Jesus asks. This is what we Christians feel is our portion and task as followers of Christ. ... Continue Reading →
And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb which he had cut out in the rock, and rolled a great Stone against the door of the tomb, and went away. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against... 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 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 →
But Peter, in answer, said to him; ¨Although all the others are stumbled in connection with you, never will I be stumbled!¨ Matthew 26:33 (Reference Bible) Nobody would like to think that they would deny or disown Jesus. We would be like Peter and say that even if everyone else does that, we would hold... Continue Reading →
¨Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.¨ Matthew 26:2 (KJV) So many times Jesus tells us what to expect but do we really listen? He told His Disciples exactly what was going to happen and how He was going to... Continue Reading →
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