Luke 13:20-21 “Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.” What is the kingdom of God like? Here it is described as a yeast that works itself… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Does Prayer Really Work?
DOES PRAYER REALLY WORK? Luke 11:1 “One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’” Jesus is teaching us how to be effective in prayer. First, we are to come with… Read more »
Colored Glasses
Luke 6:1-5 “One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. Some of the Pharisees asked, ‘Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Have you never read what David did… Read more »
Serious Thought: Slave or Free
To take a people from being slaves to being freemen will require them to think differently. When everything has been given to you by those who lord it over you (like in government or dictatorships) and now you are free from your task master, when you are faced with hard times you will be tempted… Read more »
The Holy Spirit Gifts
Ephesians 4:11-14 NLT Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do His work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity… Read more »
The Spin Stops Here
The Spin Stops Here Luke 7:22 “So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.” … Read more »
Wait on the Lord
Luke 10:38-41 “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be… Read more »
Political Gaslighting
The word ‘gaslighting’ has been popularized in psychology to describe a form of mental and emotional abuse in which a domineering person denies and contradicts the memories and perceptions of an intended victim begins to doubt his or her perception of reality. The word ‘gaslighting’ comes from the 1944 mystery film “Gaslight,” in which… Read more »
Serious Thought
This morning I began my reading in the Word: Exodus chapter one. The first question that came to me was: How do you take a people who are free and make them slaves? The answer that came to me is: You give them everything so that they depend upon you, then you take the males… Read more »
Daily Devotional
Yesterday I had a conversation with a young man. He asked me what church I belong to and I told him, “I do not belong to any organized church but I do attend one.” He told me he was moving close to where I lived, and he went on to say that what he really… Read more »