This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: “I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now, you will go up to the temple of the LORD.” 2 Kings 20:5 (NIV) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and … Read more
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42: 5 (NIV) For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak … Read more
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV) King Solomon authored Ecclesiastes about 3000 years ago. We often talk about how God knows the beginning and the end of all … Read more
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV) Easter Sunday was awesome! Many thousands of believers gathered to … Read more
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15: 5 (NIV) John 15 continues a long teaching Jesus is giving during the final hours before His arrest, trial, and crucifixion. Jesus is preparing … Read more
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” John 20:18 (NIV) He came to the disciples, Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:21-22 When Jesus … Read more
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1: 1 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 … Read more
“Truth is like a lion. You do not have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.” Saint Augustine “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 (NIV) Saint Augustine lived in the late fourth and early fifth centuries (354-430). He converted … Read more
“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone, it is the same God at work.” 1 Corinthians 12 Paul begins this section of scripture by emphasizing the … Read more
“I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.” Genesis 45:4-5 (NIV) Imagine yourself as Joseph in this situation. You are the youngest … Read more