Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6). There is a thirst and a righteousness that promises complete fulfillment. That hunger and thirst is that which has to do with God. Hungering and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 42:1-2 says, "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?" (emphasis added). That is the truest expression of a child of God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
How often do you thank God for your salvation? Is it monthly, weekly or daily? For some the thought never enters their mind. Each month when we share together as a church in the Lord's Supper, we seek to remember what Jesus did for us in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What consumes you? What is your passion? Do you know that what consumes you will occupy your thoughts and time? Could it be said that you are consumed with seeing your friend, neighbor or family member come to know Jesus as you do? Or do you...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John 1:10-11 says, "He (Jesus) was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him." When it says that "the world did not recognize [or know]...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As I sit here and write this article my eyes are filled with the desire for sleep. They are weary. Weary from little sleep; weary from late nights and early mornings. But the weariness Paul talks about in Galatians 6:9 isn't referring to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jesus said in Luke 9:23 "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me." These words clearly state the cost of following Jesus. This invitation to the crowd held a supreme price -- death of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It is sad that there is little talk about the return of Jesus especially when so much of the Bible mentions His return. Revelation 1:7 says, "Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, and they also who pierced Him. And all the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
