God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Mark 1:7-8 (NIV) This was the message used to prepare the Way for the hearts... 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 →
Then Peter came up and said to him: ¨Lord, how many times is my brother to sin against me and am I to forgive him? Up to seven times?¨ Jesus said to him: ¨I say to you, not, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy-seven times.¨ Matthew 18:21-22 (Reference Bible) How many times must... Continue Reading →
In reply Jesus said: “O faithless and twisted generation, how long must I continue with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.¨ Matthew 17:17 (Reference Bible) The Disciples had followed Jesus throughout His ministry and had walked with Him, ate with Him and sat at His feet taking... Continue Reading →
In reply he said: ¨Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. Blind guides is what they are. If, then, a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.¨ Matthew 15:13-14 (Reference Bible) Perhaps a little more should be said about where we need to be directing... Continue Reading →
All this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and spoke nothing to them without parable, Matthew 13:34 (Byington) Matthew 13 is full of parables Jesus used to instruct the people or us if you will, into the wealth and knowledge of how things are in the spiritual realm. Man, since the fall has been... Continue Reading →
¨But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.¨ Matthew 13:16 (KJV) In Matthew 13 verses 16 to 23 Jesus gives us some great light into the way things truly are. He tries to help us take all the external human and worldly things and peel them back so we... Continue Reading →
And the disciples approached and said to him ¨Why do you speak to them in parables?¨ Matthew 13:10 (Byington) The words of Jesus, being of spiritual context, can and do have levels or layers of truth. Jesus Christ was the very Son of God came down to dwell on earth in a human body. However... 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 →
Then as an answer to him some of the scribes and Pharisees said: ¨Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.¨ Matthew 12:38 (Reference Bible) As usual the world is set in sharp contrast to the teachings and workings of Jesus. In Matthew 12 verses 38 to 42 Jesus was confronted by the ambitious... Continue Reading →
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