God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. Mark 10:5 (NIV) Do we find it a little funny that we constantly try to break down the Bible and the teachings of Jesus? Doesn´t it seem that we try to turn everything into a black and white rule? Jesus... Continue Reading →
`Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.” Mark 9:49-50 (NIV) Jesus is on a roll. He is teaching deep and strong. His instruction is cutting through all the chaff. ... Continue Reading →
After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn´t we drive it out?” He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” Mark 9:28-29 (NIV) The Disciples had already been using the name of Jesus. They had tried to heal this boy who had been held by an evil condition. His... Continue Reading →
And, taking the hand of the young child, he said to her: “Tai´i-tha cu´mi,” which, translated, means: “Maiden, I say to you, Get up!” Mark 5:41 (Reference) Now there are many different levels of importance which we may place upon our Savior Jesus Christ. Few dispute the importance of His sacrificial act for our sins,... Continue Reading →
So he went on to say; “In this way the kingdom of God is just as when a man casts the seed upon the ground, and he sleeps at night and rises up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, just how he does not know.” Mark 4:26-27 (Reference Bible) Jesus is back... Continue Reading →
And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; Matthew 27:51 (ASV)A lot more was happening than spectators could possible know in that moment when Jesus breathed His last breath. Since that day we have had fuller... Continue Reading →
About the ninth hour Jesus called out with a loud voice, saying: ¨E´li, E´li, la´ma sa-bach-tha´ni?¨ that is, ¨My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?¨ Matthew 27:46 (Reference Bible)Little do we stop to consider a powerful force that runs through this universe. It is this force which holds planets and constellations in their... Continue Reading →
Then Jesus came with them to the spot called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples: ¨Sit down here while I go over there and pray.¨ Matthew 26:36 (Reference Bible) Every now and then life seems to get the better of us. Things stack up against us until our resistance breaks down and so does... Continue Reading →
¨Concerning that day and the hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.¨ Matthew 24:36 (Reference Bible) Jesus states this here and thereby the words are like written in stone. The text which comes previous to this one states that heaven and earth will pass away but... Continue Reading →
¨So when you see standing in a sacred place the desolating abomination spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader note).¨ Matthew 24:15 (Byington) When we read certain texts in the Bible like ¨love your neighbor,¨ we are able to take it to mean many things. We can understand ¨love¨ to mean have compassion,... Continue Reading →
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