Committed to His Friend
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Jesus took his disciples to a vineyard to teach them a spiritual truth. He often used things in the natural to convey a spiritual truth. He looked at the vines and branches in the vineyard and […]
The Benefits of Sonship
Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. Romans 8:17 As children of God, we are co-heirs with Christ. We have received His Holy Spirit and we must […]
Defeat Turned Into Victory
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24 We have all sinned. Our fallen nature causes us to continue to sin, and, like Paul, we are frustrated by doing what we don’t want […]
Compelled by the Spirit
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and […]
Redirecting Our Faith
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:17-18 The Lord hears the prayers of the righteous, those who are in relationship with Jesus Christ and cry out for help. […]
The Dawning Light
The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 The people of Isaiah’s time walked in darkness, just as many people today walk in darkness. Jesus Christ, the Messiah, came as prophesied in […]
Unbelief
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that some of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till […]
Our Inheritance
LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup, you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 In Scripture, we often see actual events, both natural and historical, that point to spiritual truths. In the Old Testament, […]
Looking Back – Copy
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced. I Chronicles 16:11-12 In this passage in I Chronicles, we are admonished to look to the Lord and His strength and to remember all that He has done. As we […]
Driving Out the Nations
When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations – the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hiites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you – and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have […]