God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
At seeing this the Pharisees said to him: ¨Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.¨ Matthew 12:2 (Reference Bible) We humans have some stubborn qualities. We can hold something true, understand it and teach it to others, but somehow within the mix, we don´t actually live this truth... Continue Reading →
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for your souls. Matthew 11:29 (Reference Bible) This is probably one of the Bible´s most celebrated sweet texts. Probably too, it has been made to mean more things by the many different interpretations... Continue Reading →
Then He started to reproach the cities in which most of his powerful Works had taken place, because they did not repent: Matthew 11:20 In Matthew 11 verses 20-24 we find Jesus lamenting the fact that the people of these cities where He had done great works, just refused to see the significance of it.... Continue Reading →
Correspondingly, John came neither eating nor drinking, yet people say, ´He has a demon´: the Son of man did come eating and drinking, still people say, ´Look! A man gluttonous and given to drinking wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.´…. Matthew 11:18-19 (Reference Bible) The one who in faith would step out of... Continue Reading →
Have you ever been faced with a difficult situation and could not see just how to get out of it? ¨Look! I am sending you forth as sheep amidst wolves…¨ Matthew 10:16 (Reference Bible) Yet again we come to the scriptures in the light that the instruction we find there in not made good for... Continue Reading →
Dear Lord, I have spent many years living my life for me. I chased after pleasure and possession and thought only of myself for too long. Lately I have heard you calling me away from myself and the distractions of life and the world around me. Please enable me to turn from myself and correct... Continue Reading →
But He said to them: ¨Why are you so afraid, you with little faith?¨ Matthew 8:26 (New World Translation) Jesus was sleeping peacefully in the boat, but the followers of Jesus were undergoing a very frightful test. It is a pretty scary thing when you are at the mercy of the winds and seas. Even... Continue Reading →
One inevitable error on our part is to constantly assume that to have validity, something must be measured up to another person. For example, when we make a wonderful discovery inside our hearts towards God, it is completely natural for us to want to share that discovery with another human being. This is highly commendable... Continue Reading →
For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 (American Standard Version) One of the forever highly disputable concepts that we must each seek an adequate balance of is that between justification by faith... Continue Reading →
After being baptized Jesus immediately came up from the water; and, look! The heavens were opened up, and he saw descending like a dove God´s spirit coming upon him. Matthew 3:16 (Reference Bible) Again we step on the unstable ground of a theme widely disputed. The interpretations between the various churches as to whom, and... Continue Reading →
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