God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1st John 4:20 A certain church member stood firmly on her declaration of faith. She had ready texts to back... Continue Reading →
he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will Ephesians 1:5 NIV They took a teenaged boy from a different country into their home. They treated him as if he were their own son. He had his own family back in his own country,... Continue Reading →
‘Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." John 14:21 (NIV) Everyone is looking for love. We need to know that somebody is thinking of us. We need... Continue Reading →
‘Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment." John 7:24 (NIV) Jesus tries to show those who are confronting Him not to look as the world looks. He is trying to show them by examples that they get all worked up over following their accepted practices. They have rules and think everyone should... Continue Reading →
"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering." Luke 11:52 (NIV) Jesus is visiting the house of one of the religious leaders. They notice that Jesus is not fulfilling the customary manners. Does He... Continue Reading →
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” Matthew 9:37 (NIV) Do we remember when we first came to Jesus? Do we remember what it felt like to know there was much we still needed to learn? ... Continue Reading →
They went out and preached that people should repent. Mark 6:12 (TNIV) Jesus sent out His Disciples into the surrounding towns and cities to preach the good news. It was time, heaven knew that the world was ready to hear that God was at work and that man could draw near to Him. But WHAT... 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 →
Searching For Christ 