Recently I read the book of John and noticed some phrases repeated. They encouraged me and I hope they’ll encourage you! John 6:40, 44b, 54b all share the same phrase : “I will raise him up at the last day”. From this scripture, believers are assured eternal life with God the Father. John 10:28b, 29b [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on June 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
In reading Mark’s gospel account recently, Mark 15:16 stuck out to me, the verse where the soldiers mock Jesus. It wasn’t bad enough that Jesus hung on a cross, they felt the need to cast lots for his clothing and mock and spit on Him. Let me put this into perspective. When I read the [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on June 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
All four gospels state that Pilate had a notice prepared that said “King of the Jews” and had it fastened to Jesus’ cross. Many protested this notice, but Pilate stated “What I have written, I have written.” (John 19:22) I find Pilate an interesting character. If he didn’t believe, or wasn’t seeking the truth, why [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on May 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My BSF leader, Angela Vaughn, talked about praying back scripture. If you have a loved one that you are praying for, here is a list to encourage you to do just that! John 6:44 Father, draw ______ to Jesus. Matt 13:15 That______’s spiritual eyes and ears would be opened. John 16:8 That ______ would have [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on May 23rd, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What does it take to be a follower of Jesus Christ? It starts with believing (Romans 10:9). If the belief is true (in the heart) then a believer will produce fruit (John 15:4). As I was reading the gospel of Luke recently, it occurred to me that the thief on the cross could do nothing [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on May 16th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Job knew God saw everything (Job 31:4), no one could hide from God. It struck me that Job knew he was blameless (Job 31:6). Job hadn’t walked in falsehood (Job 31:5), his steps remained on God’s walk (Job 31:7), his heart was not led by his eyes (Job 31:7), his heart had not been enticed [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on May 9th, 2010 | No Comments »
In Marks gospel account, a woman pours perfume on Jesus’ body to prepare Him for his funeral (Mark 14:8). Jesus states out loud that she is preparing Him for His funeral, yet not one of the gospel accounts seem to indicate anyone, including His disciples, understood that He was going to the cross. Not that [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on May 2nd, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mark 2:1-11 discusses how Jesus healed the man with the mat. In Mark’s gospel account, the man is lowered from above because the crowd was so large. In all these years, I’ve never noticed that the man with the mat had friends! Not only friends, but persistent friends. Friends who will help in your time [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on April 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
God’s children are to listen and obey what God tells them to do. But how can we hear God when he no longer speaks to us directly as He did in the Old Testament? He talks through His Word (the Holy Bible) and through prayer (Gen 24:1-66) He can use another believer to call you [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on April 18th, 2010 | No Comments »
Recently I was at a Seminary wives fellowship, with Lucy Burggraff (Dr. Burggraff‘s wife) discussing the Presence of God. She named her talk before she knew there was a book entitled The Practice of the Presence of God (which I read a few years ago and absolutely loved). She gave us a truth : Devotional [...]
Filed under: Spiritual Thought on April 11th, 2010 | No Comments »
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