And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. — Ephesians 3:18, NLT Paul is clear. If we devote ourselves to God, then we, who are God’s people, should know how wide, long,…
Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you.” — 2 Samuel 7:3 We think to ourselves what King David thought to himself when he hears Nathan. “Oh good, I can keep on with my plan because the…
How to hear (what God the Lord will speak) Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts. — Psalm 85:8 We all experience upset. How we right set…
The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. They asked, “Where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?” Then they scoffed, “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph,…
When faith is like fireworks Two very different people. The first runs to Jesus with urgency. “Save my daughter!” The second never runs or meets Jesus’ face. No words are shared. Instead, she comes in from behind with an outstretched arm. Suffering physically and emotionally, she is just able to…
Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, pleading fervently with him. “My little daughter is dying,” he said. “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.” — Mark 5:22-23, NLT…
No wiggle room. No different way of interpretation. Psalm 22:6 is clear. “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it (NIV).” Church congregations get the tremendous importance of VBS (Vacation Bible School). No one anywhere near…
David replied to [Goliath] the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. —1 Samuel 17:45 Oh, I will feel your groan when…
Images of God’s wrath in scripture are sobering for most of us. For example, when artists depict such gruesome scenes as drowning animals in the story of Noah’s Ark, we wonder why those animals who never did anything wrong had to die. With heavy hearts, we even ask, why…
Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. Mark 4:27 Science has come a long way since Mark wrote his gospel. But then again, has it? Growers of the past weren’t oblivious to the science of germination….
