God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?" Romans 9:19 NIV Why? Why? Why? We have all been there! There are surely times when our pain or struggles are more than we can bear. The situations we face are too much for us and... Continue Reading →
"Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him Acts 7:9 (NIV) Some days look bleak. Some situations in life seem to be so bad that no good could ever come out of them. We have all had those dark times. Perhaps we... Continue Reading →
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Acts 5:41 (NIV) Oppressed, despised, locked away and beaten. All they want to do is to share with others what they have found in Jesus. But the zeal of the Disciples brings them into disfavor with... Continue Reading →
Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" John 11:35-36 (NIV) We have all heard of the love of God, but do we still sometimes find it hard to think that Jesus really gets worked up over us? There are just times when we get to feeling sorry for ourselves. Things aren´t... Continue Reading →
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. Luke 4:1-2 (NIV) Have we ever felt like we were walking... Continue Reading →
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Mark 15:34 (NIV) Jesus asks why. At the pinnacle of His suffering on the cross, when the pain is at its worse, Jesus wants to know why the Spirit... Continue Reading →
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to... Continue Reading →
And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison. Mark 6:27 (ESV) It should not surprise us when someone tells us that the Christian will encounter unpleasant times. Nobody wants to willingly place themselves in the line of danger or at odds with... Continue Reading →
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark 5:28 (KJV) Doesn´t the story of the suffering woman who wanted to touch Jesus´ clothes seem to depict us today? Haven´t we all felt the pain of living in a world separated from our place with God and struggled with... Continue Reading →
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. Mark 1:31 (KJV) What a beautiful scene is portrayed here. Simon´s mother-in-law is suffering in bed with a fever when Jesus and the disciples come into the house. When He hears that... Continue Reading →
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