Topic: Motivation & Christian living Page: 324 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Matthew 5:6, ESV Does anyone truly HUNGER and THIRST for righteousness? My mind is blown away every time I read these three chapters that make up the Sermon on the Mount. My Bible is… Read More »
Knocking
This week, we have a special guest journalist: my daughter, Eliana. Please sit back and read the wisdom of a young woman who is after God’s own heart… PJ “Ask and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you.” -Matthew 7:7 Probably one of… Read More »
Tuning-In
Topic: Hearing God Page: 312 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who… Read More »
The Competitive Spirit
Topic: Leadership Page: 305 But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as… Read More »
(12) Twelve
Topic: Bible study & Hermeneutics Page: 303 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, Mark 5:25, ESV And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. Mark 5:42, ESV And he called the… Read More »
It’s A Wonderful Life
Topic: Life & Calling Page: 291 For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest, with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuilt ruins for themselves, or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. Job 3:13-15, ESV There… Read More »
“Hand-raising Church”
Topic: Worship & Pentecostalism Page: 285 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. Nehemiah 8:6, ESV Precedent for a “Pentecostal” style of worship! I do not think I… Read More »
“Fleece Prayers”
Topic: God’s will Page: 282 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Nehemiah 1:11a, ESV The will of God… Read More »
Deep Cuts
Topic: Healing Page: 275 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3, ESV God is the Healer of our emotions, as well as our bodies. This entire Psalm begs to be used as a responsive reading— I am sure it already has been! We sometimes forget that our God is able to… Read More »
Ointment
Topic: Grace & Sin Page: 267 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Psalm 85:8-9, ESV Grace… Read More »
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