May I tell you a story from the gospel of John? There was a man who was a royal official, a person of importance in his community of Capernaum. His position no doubt brought him privileges and made certain he had whatever he needed in life. However, his problem could not be solved with riches …
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The Heavens Declare
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork. (Psalms 19:1) As often as I have read this verse, I have had this picture in my head of a young David sitting on a grassy knoll by his campfire, sheep resting nearby as the last rays of sunlight fade …
Live with Passion
I love to read the Bible narrative about the man Moses. He had given up on his dream of freeing his people from Egyptian bondage and had settled into a simple life of tending his father-in-law’s flocks. As he led the sheep in search of pasturage on the backside of the desert, God called to …
Emmaus Walk
It was the first day of the week and Jesus had risen from the grave. Women came early and found the empty tomb. Angels in white robes told them not to seek the living among the dead and that Jesus was alive indeed. Peter had run to the garden grave to find only linen burial …
The Name
My thoughts were scattered and unfocused. I had many things on my to-do list, and far too little time in which to accomplish them. I had meant to spend time praying but my mind was occupied with laundry and dusting, getting things ready for work the next day, and the million voices of daily life …
Throw Away Your Matches
For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God.(1 Corinthians 4:4, Amplified) Can I tell you about my trip to Mammoth …
The Witness
Many months had passed since the men had left their families and belongings and marched into Canaan with their kinsmen. The good pasture land on the eastern side of the Jordan River had been given to them. Their end of the deal was that they would go with the rest of the people into the …
Lay Down the Stones
I opened my Bible to the familiar passage I had been studying. I read again how the religious authorities dragged this woman from the bed where she was lying with a married man, through the streets while people watched, and into the courtyard where Jesus sat teaching the people. They proclaimed her sin in the …
I See You There
Exodus 17:6 I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” (NIV) I see You thereIn the company of complainers,Amidst the murmuringHearing whining instead of worship. You see the peopleThirsty but not thankfulIn self-pity but not prayingImperfect and …
Under the Blood
Frogs and lice, flies and boils, hail and locusts. When God was about to bring out the children of Israel , He sent plague after plague on Egypt to disrupt their lives, destroy their pride, and reveal the inadequacies of their false gods. The final judgment that God sent on the Egyptians would break their …