“A mustard seed … grows up and becomes greater than all herbs.” ~Mark 4:31-32 God declares several times in the Bible, “Hear, O Israel.” The most important prayer in the Jewish faith begins with those words in Deuteronomy 6:4 and is called the Shema, which means...
How Jesus overcame everything to obey God, die on the Cross, and rise again When we read the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples, both Matthew and Mark conclude their narratives by saying: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount...
God’s Word is incredibly powerful! In Psalm 107:20 we read, He sent out his word and healed them. I love Psalm 119:49, which says His word causes us to hope. And God tells us in Jeremiah 1:12, “I am watching over my word to perform it.” When we understand the power of...
It’s incredible to think how much God loves us. He is always with us and will never forsake us! Sadly, some people can feel abandoned after going through conflict or crisis. They fall into destructive behavior patterns and then wonder, “Why am I doing this? I know...
As the new year begins, I’m reminded of a prayer Jewish people use during Rosh Hashanah, their traditional new year. It calls people to return to God and is translated “Our Father, Our King.” As Christians, we use the phrase, “My Lord and Savior.” Often, we focus more...
Shortly after Jesus rose from the dead, He told two disciples on the road to Emmaus, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!”... He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself (Luke 24:25, 27). One...
How wonderful to know that God shows no partiality or favoritism. As Acts 10:34 says, God is no respecter of persons. What He has done for others, He wants to do for you. You don’t have to convince God or bargain with Him for what you need. You simply have to realize...
As the new year dawns, let’s join together in prayer, asking God for a great revival to sweep across our country and around the world. When we look back in history, the First Great Awakening from 1735 to 1740 absolutely transformed the Colonies. Without it, there...
At Christmas we celebrate the coming of Jesus, the Word made flesh. He is not just words on a page, but the Living Word. He is the I Am—the Way, the Truth, and the Life. And He desires to reveal Himself to us. He tells us, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If...
God wants to do something new in our lives! He tells us in Isaiah 43:19, “Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?” Yet we must be careful not to block the blessings that He has in store for us. While the Israelites were...