Mark 4:38 New International Version (NIV) Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” For Meditation Physically, our Lord was tired and drifted into a deep sleep. It revealed His humanity. But, was Jesus asleep as they thought? It … Continue reading Calm After the Storm
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Jesus and the Wearied Soul
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28) His name was scorned among his people, despite his wealth. As chief tax collector, Zacchaeus made money helping Rome extract heavy taxes from his people. That alienated him from them. His physical stature didn’t help either. He was almost a … Continue reading Jesus and the Wearied Soul
Deceived by the Prospering Wicked
Psalm 73:12-13 New International Version (NIV) This is what the wicked are like – always free of care, they go on amassing wealth. Surely, in vain have I kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence For meditation Do you sometimes feel that you have wasted your time serving God with all … Continue reading Deceived by the Prospering Wicked
When God Is Silent
Deuteronomy 29:29 New International Version (NIV) The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. For Meditation Do some things in this world baffle you? Do you hope you could understand them all? Have you asked … Continue reading When God Is Silent
The Reward for Wholehearted Devotion
Joshua 14:14 New International Version (NIV) So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly. For meditation Do you know that God rewards those who follow Him wholehearted in Christ Jesus? Can we look at the example of Caleb today? Do you … Continue reading The Reward for Wholehearted Devotion
How Are You Doing With Them?
Proverbs 29:15 New International Version (NIV) A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother. For meditation Do you know that the time to be there for your children and to be serious with their upbringing is now? With the world running so fast on internet connectivity, social network … Continue reading How Are You Doing With Them?
“We Are All Christians”
1 Kings 13:18 New International Version (NIV) The old prophet answered, “I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (But he was lying to him.) For meditation Do you … Continue reading “We Are All Christians”
The Paralysis of Sin and Healing in Jesus
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool ... Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed – John 5:1-3. Poverty, disease and deprivation have become rampant in the world. Many have been crippled by prevailing circumstances and rendered helpless where they are. Even the rich and … Continue reading The Paralysis of Sin and Healing in Jesus
He Was a Leper
2 Chronicles 26:23 New International Version (NIV) Uzziah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in a cemetery that belonged to the kings, for people said, “He had leprosy.” For meditation This week, I sat through a heartbreaking story that made me reflect on the end of my life. As I viewed the eighty-one-year-old … Continue reading He Was a Leper
Through the Eyes of the Spirit 