Jesus told His disciples on the night of His betrayal that He was going away but would send His Holy Spirit to them. We read in John 16:7, “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come...
Has your life been changed because of God’s amazing grace? I have seen countless people dramatically changed as a result of experiencing God’s grace. The Bible records the changed lives of the adulterous Samaritan woman, Zacchaeus, the Roman centurion at the...
Most of us struggle with some temptation. What is the area in your life that you are most tempted? “The magazine Discipleship Journal asked its readers to rank the areas of greatest spiritual challenge to them. The results came back in this order: (the top 5 were)...
Do you ever have trouble with anger? When someone has wronged you, do you struggle to forgive them? In what is surely one of the most tender scenes in all of Scripture, Joseph “fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept . . . And he kissed all his brothers and...
Mary Lefkowitz, a professor emerita of Classical Studies at Wellesley College wrote in a New York Times Book Review: “The notion that there are many truths might seem well suited to a diverse society. But when everyone is free to define truth as he or she prefers, as...
I want us to reflect on a profound thought! God is able to reverse all of the events in our lives and bring new order to them. Is that not amazing? God can make all things NEW!! There are two words in Greek for “new”. The one word means “something that has...
We read in Matthew 9:36, “When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” When Jesus saw the crowds, He did not focus just on the disciples or his inner circle of friends, but he looked...
What is on your mind? What do you think about most often? In Philippians 4:8, the Apostle Paul exhorts us to develop a Christian thought life. Os Guinness, the English author and social critic, taught that we need to think “Christianly”. Since our thoughts form...
Our culture is filled with a multitude of organizations. Civic organizations and social clubs are numerous. Unfortunately, many see the church as one more such organization. For them the church is just another option to choose. Like the Lion’s Club or Kiwanis, it...
What are your spiritual gifts? How are you using those gifts to build up the Church? To give an illustration of the importance of using our spiritual gifts, let’s examine Nehemiah 11. In that chapter, we read the lists of the heads of families in Jerusalem (11:3-9);...