God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
If we want to share God´s love with His children everywhere, we need to become experts in living for the moment. This does not mean some future moment that may or may not come. It means that we need to get real good at seeing where the Lord is moving and where it is that... Continue Reading →
Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 2nd Thessalonians 2:3 NIV Three friends sat on the peak of a mountain of sand somewhere in the desert of Nevada. The sun had... Continue Reading →
For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. 2nd Corinthians 6:2 The children filed in turn into the water in the bath at the front... Continue Reading →
I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. Romans 7:10 NIV There can be a dilemma over justification by works and being justified only by Christ´s atonement. Some depend on actions to present us worthy before God. Others gladly take the sacrifice of Jesus as our defense. Regardless... Continue Reading →
" 'Go to this people and say, "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving." Acts 28:26 (NIV) History repeats itself. Paul uses words the prophet Isaiah needed to use before. In a different point in time the Holy Spirit gives these same words again. They... Continue Reading →
He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed Acts 14:9 (NIV) Crippled from birth, the man sits there eating up the words that speak to him of Jesus. It must be written all over his face. The man of God can... Continue Reading →
He overthrew seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to his people as their inheritance. All this took about 450 years. Acts 13:19-20 (NIV) We are impatient. We want everything now. In our hurry we unconsciously try to apply our haste to God. We think that He should move without irritating us with... Continue Reading →
Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind, and for a time you will be unable to see the light of the sun." Acts 13:11 (NIV) A man stands in the way of the word of Jesus. Paul reprimands the man and brings the matter back where... Continue Reading →
The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. John 13:2 (NIV) We could be tempted to overlook the evil that is at work in our world and in our lives. As Christians we tend to look to more positive thoughts. We love to... Continue Reading →
Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee? Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?" John 7:42 (NIV) People are trying to decide what they should believe about Christ. Who is Jesus? Where does He come from? How much... Continue Reading →
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