Energy for Ministry

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Mark 6:31

Blessed Are the Meek

Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:5

We have a difficult time understanding meekness, and our first difficulty is in understanding the necessity of it. Christ was not making suggestions in the Beatitudes rather…

Loving Others

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8

Most of us know what it is like to be in financial debt, to awake each morning knowing that there is…

Traits of Kingdom People

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven…

Matthew 5:3

The cold snowy weather of the past two months has warmed just a bit, just above freezing enough for some to melt these last few days. So much so that I…

The Renewing of Our Minds

…that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind…
Ephesians 4:23

Our spiritual battles are fought in our mind. That is where spiritual warfare is waged and we need the renewal of God in our mind daily. We need to take “every thought…

Hungering for Righteousness

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled.

Matthew 5:8

Trains run along tracks. The rails determine their direction and destination, and though there are switch stations at different…

Leaving the Future in God’s Hands

But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Luke 21:14–15

Concerns about Catholicism, II

Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.”

Gratitude and Surrender

And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Colossians 3:17

The biblical standard of discipleship is that everything in life exists willingly under…

Searching Ourselves

Does he who implanted the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?

Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?