Unwavering Faith
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in him saith, he faced the fact that his body was about a hundred years old – and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet […]
Remembering the Past
So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the […]
The Kingdom Proclaimed
Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ. Acts 5:42 In the early church, the Apostles devoted themselves to prayer, teaching, fellowship, and the “breaking of bread.” The results of their lives together celebrating the Kingdom […]
Gates at Entry Points
By night, I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire. Nehemiah 2:13 Nehemiah inspected the walls and discovered that the gates had been burned down (2:17). He encouraged […]
Taking Hold of God’s Kingdom
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing and forceful men lay hold of it. Matthew 11:12 Jesus told the followers of John the Baptist, From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing and forceful men […]
El Shaddai, Our Protector
If you make the Most High your dwelling – even the LORD, who is my refuge -hen no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. Psalm 91:9-10 Psalm 91 describes El Shaddai, God Almighty, as our place of protection, our refuge, and our fortress. El Shaddai means “many breasted one,” […]
Parable of the Sower
But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Matthew 13:23 Jesus began to teach the disciples from a boat on the Sea of Galilee. This is […]
Promises Received by Faith
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” John 6:28 God’s promises are true and He is the Promise Keeper. Hebrews 10 tells us that He who promised is faithful. We sometimes use human standards to consider what faithfulness means. In today’s society, we see marriages that have […]
Grace and Truth
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 The Pharisees (the keepers of the law) were trying to trap Jesus to see if He would obey the law and agree to the stoning of the woman […]
God’s Leading
See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. Joshua 3:11 The Israelites had to cross over the Jordan at flood tide. The river was swollen by the spring rains and melting snow from the Lebanon Mountains. During most of the year, […]