God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
`Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ Mark 12:30 (NIV) Here we are in the Presence of Jesus. The scholars and teachers are pressing Him on important issues. All those who care to know are fascinated by His... Continue Reading →
And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: “´My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations´? But you have made it ´a den of robbers.´” Mark 11:17 (NIV) It is a common mistake and one difficult to solve. If we would dedicate ourselves to furthering the ministry, then... 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 →
Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” Mark 9:7 (TNIV) Here we find ourselves with Peter, James and John. The sky is hidden from us as a great cloud envelops us. There is an overwhelming sense of a... Continue Reading →
What good is it for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul? Mark 8:36 (TNIV) Should we be alarmed that the message of this text is made small and insignificant today? Who is really teaching the weight of it? How many people want to hear the implications that are wrapped up in... Continue Reading →
He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man´s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” Mark 8:23 (TNIV) Peculiar may be the way in which Jesus healed this blind man. They were in town when He... Continue Reading →
Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter." Mark 7:29 (NIV) Constantly and without realizing it we are led into situations. Even at the moment surely the Lord has prepared some special moment where we could demonstrate great faith. These moments normally disguised as some kind... Continue Reading →
“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) Mark 7:18-19 (NIV) Come on guys, Jesus says. How... Continue Reading →
He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “´These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; there teachings are merely human rules.´ Mark 7:6-7 (TNIV) Wow, strong words are coming from our Savior. He is not holding... Continue Reading →
For they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened. Mark 6:52 (TNIV) It may be safe to say after viewing how the Disciples went on to carry out the ministry and spread the Word of Jesus to the world, that they learned their lessons well. But sometimes as we read of their... Continue Reading →
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