Following Jesus

Scripture “Where I am going, you will not be able to follow, but one day you will.” ~John 13:36, The Passion Bible Quote By and by, through the shining portals, Turning our feet, We shall walk, with the glad immortals, Heav’n’s golden street. ~Mary B. Slade This is Jesus speaking to His disciples prior to…

The Self-destructive Nature Of Sin

Scripture Those who plot to destroy Me shall descend into the darkness of hell. They will be consumed by their own evil. ~Psalm 63:9-10, The Passion Bible Quote Payday, someday, it is woven into the fabric of the universe. ~R.G. Lee   Perry gave me a book two Sundays back, LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH,…

The Performance Trap

Scripture For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God. ~John 12:43, BBE Quote When Jesus is our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities. ~Chuck Swindoll {Wisdom For The Way} Pharisees like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea had trouble openly declaring their love…

Deep And Wide

Scripture Large numbers of creatures will live where the river flows. It will have huge numbers of fish. This water flows there and makes the salt water fresh. So where the river flows everything will live. ~Ezekiel 47:9, NIRV Quote Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end and everything in…

Obscenity

Scripture Bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. ~1 Timothy 4:8, AV Quote If God had wanted me to touch my toes, He would have put them on my knees. ~Brian Ellis I hate to be…

Good With Bad

Scripture Job’s wife said to him, “Are you still continuing to be faithful to the LORD? Speak evil things against him and die!” Job replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. We accept good things from God. So we should also accept trouble when he sends it.”  ~Job 2:9-10, NIRV Quote When it seems like everything…

She Lives

Scripture They laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead. ~Luke 8:53, NIV Quote Faith is not about everything turning out OK; faith is being OK no matter how things turn out. ~Source Unknown The folks who laughed at Jesus were professional mourners; they were not strangers to death. They knew when a person’s breath…

The Greatest

Scripture Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves. ~Luke 22:27, NLT Quote You may not be able to help everyone but you can help someone.…

Go

Scripture So the master said to his slave, “Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.” ~Luke 14:23, NET Quote If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t want to do something, you will find…

Progressive Revelation

Scripture  The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what He was talking about. ~Luke 18:34, NIV Quote The finite cannot completely absorb the infinite but it can absorb progressively more. ~Ya’akov Jesus had a plan or was at least following a plan but…