They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “Because they’ve taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don’t know where they’ve put Him.” This is a grief and a burden. They have taken...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” We’re going to have to make a choice: is it...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace." Take this blessed promise with you. Don't let it slip. Minding the Spirit is life and peace. First, minding the Spirit is keeping your eyes on Christ,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh." vs6-7 God can use us in old age. He's not bound by time. First, you don't have to regret the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of His disciples too, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not!” One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him, went out and said to them, 'Who is it you’re looking for?'” The Lord Jesus is bold. He knows the time has come to glorify the Father and to save His own people....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, 'Because I bore him with pain.'” We can start with great pain, but be a blessing. First, Jabez was an honorable man. He grew up to become a blessing to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"I am in them and You are in Me. May they be made completely one, so the world may know You have sent Me and have loved them as You have loved Me." The believer is loved, as the Lord Jesus is loved, by God the Father. First, this is a radical...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"May they all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be one in Us, so the world may believe You sent Me." The world will believe the Father sent the Son, when all of the elect are gathered. Then, He shall come in clouds...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"They are not of the world, as I am not of the world." The believer is not of this world. He's something different altogether. First, this is the best definition of who we are. We are new creations in old bodies. We look the same, talk with...[ abbreviated | read entire ]