God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
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 →
And (He) charged them that they should not make Him known. Matthew 12:16 (KJV) There He was, God, miraculously crammed into the body of a human, walking around the streets with normal people. All that He did and all that He said demonstrated that He was from a different way of thought and moved with... Continue Reading →
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 →
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Matthew 11:25 (KJV) With all the wealth of information the Christian has available to us along with years of instruction, you... 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 →
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 →
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