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In The Beginning Was The Word
When you think of Jesus and His role in the Father’s plan for man, your mind could easily take you back to a stable in Bethlehem with a star shining overhead and a few farm animals scattered here and there and some shepherds worshipping before a baby in a manger with His parents right there […]
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Consider the Lilies
So, why did Jesus compare the glory of Solomon’s court with a field of lilies? To remind you not to worry about “things”. Solomon literally had everything money could buy and more wealth than he could have ever needed even if he lived to be one hundred thousand years old! After all, you can only […]
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Helping with the Harvest
It is important to note that, even in a perfect world, there would still be work to do! Adam was given the job of caring for the Garden of Eden before sin entered the world; during a time that the Lord deemed, “very good”. Even from the very beginning of time, God’s work involved a […]
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Seeing Beyond the Tears
On one occasion, a man whose son was demon possessed brought him to Jesus’ disciples, but they could not cast the evil spirit out of him. By this time, the father was having trouble holding on to what hope he had left, once he saw that even Jesus’ disciples could not help him. Oh, the tears that […]
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Standing on the Promises
Promises are not limited to adults but are also many times made by children. For instance, at the prospect of having a treat, a child may declare, “If I can just have some ice cream, I promise to always keep my room clean for the rest of my life!”. That would indeed be quite a […]
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Ponder the Path of Your Feet
If you were standing in front of an escalator, it would be easy to see, to discern which way each was heading. You could put a sign in front of the down escalator stating that it was the way up, but that would not change the fact that as soon as you stepped on that […]
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You Know the Grace of Our Lord
Jesus came into our world full of grace and truth. These He brought with Him for, only through Jesus can we receive either. When Jesus ascended into heaven, He left the natural world in which He walked and taught and lived and died as a man — the Son of Man. But for those who […]
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Just as You Are
If you were going to see Jesus, to have a meeting with the Savior of the World, what preparations would you make? Maybe you would try to get yourself all straightened out and fixed up so that, when you see Him, you could make a good first impression. We can learn a lot about what […]
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Follow Jesus
It is easy to fall into the trap of looking at others and questioning why God deals with them as He does or maybe why He doesn’t deal with them as you think He should! When it comes to those who are not following the Lord, many times it seems as if they prosper and […]
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Where is Your Faith?
It is wonderful to obey the Lord, to just know that you doing what God has given you to do. And to top it all off, if He has told you to do something that you are good at and have had a lot of experience with, so much the better, right? After all, you […]