God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
If, then, your hand or your foot is making you stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is finer for you to enter into life maimed or lame tan to be thrown with two hands or two feet into the everlasting fire. Matthew 18:8 Read Matthew 18:1-9 Jesus calls the eternal... Continue Reading →
It was while they were gathered together in Galilee that Jesus said to them: ¨The Son of man is destined to be betrayed into men´s hands, and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.¨ Consequently they were very much grieved. Matthew 17:22-23 (Reference Bible) Do we stop often enough... Continue Reading →
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his outer garments became brilliant as the light. Matthew 17:2 (Reference Bible) One of the deadliest blows against the flock of Christ today is the removal of an attitude of wonder over spiritual things. With the great surplus of information, studies... Continue Reading →
So they began to reason among themselves, saying: ¨We did not take any loaves along.¨ Matthew 16:7 (Reference Bible) Have you ever been reading the Bible and then stopped to think how many times Jesus had to rebuke people. Here in Matthew 16 verses 5 to 12 we find the story of when Jesus crossed... Continue Reading →
´That is how it will be in the conclusion of the system of things: the angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the righteous´ Matthew 13:49 (Reference Bible) In Matthew 13 verses 41 to 51, once again Jesus uses the words; ¨the kingdom of heaven is like.¨ He gently instructs us on... Continue Reading →
¨Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a traveling merchant seeking fine pearls.¨ Matthew 13:45 (Reference Bible) Matthew 44 to 46 tells us the words Jesus used to describe a peculiar point about the treasures found in the Spiritual Realm. Jesus uses the analogies of a merchant seeking fine pearls and a man discovering... Continue Reading →
Then after dismissing the crowds he went into the house. And the disciples came to him and said: ¨Explain to us the illustration of the weeds in the field.¨ Matthew 13:36 (Reference Bible) We who read the Bible today have a slight advantage in some way over those who heard Jesus preach. Jesus Christ spoke... Continue Reading →
As an answer he said to the one telling him: ¨Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?¨ Matthew 12:48 (Reference Bible) In these final verses of Matthew 12 we find the story of Jesus where His mother and His brothers came to visit Him. They stood outside the crowded place and asked someone... Continue Reading →
Have you ever tried to fix some problem with your computer by running some clean up or fix it program, only to find out that your computer runs worse afterwards? Sometimes when we try to improve it by running another program that makes changes, these changes that are made alter in some way how the... Continue Reading →
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Matthew 12:28 (KJV) Jesus was under scrutiny again by the religious authorities. He had just healed a person filled with an evil spirit which left him blind and dumb. The amazed people began to murmur... Continue Reading →
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