Luke:22:34 (NIV®) “Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.’” I am sympathetic toward Peter. He had spent years with Jesus and had grown to love Him. He knew that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God (Matthew 16:16). Now that Jesus […]
Isaiah 53:3a (NKJV) “He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” It is everywhere. Those who look one way make fun of those who look another way. Those who have money look down on those who don’t – or vice versa. Those who are intelligent dismiss those who
Genesis 2:15 (NKJV) “Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.” If our goal is to live our lives as God wants us to, how do we find out what that is? I think we should start at the beginning. That takes us
Revelation 20:12 (NIV®) “And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.” I’ve read this scripture before but I think my tendency has
Luke 12:20a (NIV®) “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you.’” Have you ever wondered about folks who, out of the blue, have terrible things happen to them? One minute they’re buying groceries or having dinner with family and the next minute they are homeless, jobless,
Matthew 5:45b (NKJV) “…for He makes His sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” These are hard days for our family. When I think about it, we are not in uncharted territory, for others have had similar tragedies. Others have similar pain. Part of
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Psalm 94:9 (NKJV) “He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? Have you ever sat and just watched the birds? I think about how scripture says one doesn’t fall to the ground without God knowing. I think about how they gather the food they need
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Philippians 2:9-11 (NKJV) “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
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Matthew 7:1 (NKJV) “Judge not, that you be not judged.” Many times this verse is used toward Christians as a defense of someone’s behavior, often by someone who does not follow Christ. It is almost as if no one has a right to tell anyone else what to do. In reality, I think this verse
Ephesians 2:13 (NIV®) “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” If you are regularly reading this blog, you probably don’t have any confusion over the meaning of Easter. You know it isn’t about bunnies and colored eggs. It is about Jesus Christ