We have spend the last five weeks going over the book in the Bible this verse inspired, the Book of Acts. I think it only fair to take a moment to talk about it just a little more for some of you that haven’t been able to join us. Jesus has told us to…
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I have a friend that alternates reading through the Bible one year, and reading through only the Psalms the opposite year. I love reading the Psalms as it is just a taste of what the Psalmist, in this case David, was thinking. Just a little background so we can understand what is going on…
One of the reasons I wanted to start this Bible reading plan as a body of believers, is I truly believe there is no better way for us to grow than to get deeper into the Word of God. To truly know him is to know more deeply his heart, and to truly get a…
Sometimes, when things seem hard and the going gets rough and the enemy comes in and the storms rage, it seems like all hope is gone. We can take comfort in the words of Joseph here and realize that everything the enemy intended to use to harm, God can use for good.
There is tons of talk about the end of times and when it should be. I love after walking through this chapter Jesus gives many different analogies of what the end times will look like. The reason I love this analogy the most is because it talks about protecting, not our home, but our lives…
Most of the time when we hear this verse preached on we talk about the heart of matters. We like to talk about how we need to clean our hearts, how often times we can come to church much like the Pharisees and be clean on the outside and have a great christian appearance and…
I love this verse it always makes me think back to my Hebrew classes at Asbury, and when we learned the Shema. The Shema was one of two prayers that every good Jew would recite and was to know by heart, they would say it upon waking in the morning, and before going to sleep…
This is such a contrary statement to what our flesh desires. We are born into a world, and a country even, telling us constantly to move ourselves forward. To better ourselves and our situation and that is the best thing we can do. Jesus, however, tells true way we get ahead is to serve…
We all have mountains in our lives that seem impossible to move. Hope may seem lost and we may not know how to get around them. For some it may be our jobs. We feel like we are stuck, there is no room to move forward, we will never make enough money to make…
The question asked of Peter is the same question Jesus asks each and every one of us, “But what about you, Adam, who do you say I am?” The answer we give pretty much is the most important answer to any question we could ever be asked. Truthfully, when it comes to Jesus we…