God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
In answer he said: ¨It is not right to take the bread of the children and throw it to little dogs.¨ Matthew 15:26 (Reference Bible) Jesus had been approached by a Canaanite woman who wanted Him to heal her daughter. First He tried to ignore her but even though His followers wanted Him to send... Continue Reading →
In reply Peter said to him: ¨Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you over the waters.¨ He said ¨Come!¨ Matthew 14:28-29 (Reference Bible) Peter must have been frightened but a spark of hope burned in his heart that this was actually his Master walking out there on the lake. So he... Continue Reading →
After sending the crowds away, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone. Matthew 14:23 (New World Translation) It is important to note that Jesus sought out His moments to pray. Jesus had tried to get away after hearing of John the Baptist´s death, but found... Continue Reading →
However, Jesus said to them: ¨They do not have to leave: You give them something to eat.¨ Matthew 14:16 (Reference Bible) What a wonderful look into spiritual ways is this story of the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus knew what He was doing in every given moment. So closely did He walk with the... Continue Reading →
And upon landing he saw a great crowd and had pity on them and cured their sick. Matthew 14:14 (Byington) Jesus lived a perfect example of One dedicated first and foremost to being with His Father and finding the time to spend in communion with Him. He sought out times to pray or times to... 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 →
So the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ¨Master, did you not sow fine seed in your field? How, then, does it have weeds?¨ Matthew 13:27 (New World Translation) Wouldn´t it be a nice trick to be able to say that the weeds in Jesus´ parable were the people... 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 →
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