A Journey to Seeing Yourself Through the Eyes of Jesus
Why Jesus Offers the Woman at the Well Living Water
During Bible times, women were often seen as a lower class to the men. Men had more rights than women, and were generally treated better. Secondly, the Jews and the Samaritans disliked each other. Dislike may not be a strong enough word. They despised each other. Why?...
Life After Failure: King David’s Family History of Adultery
When we read about King David’s life in the Bible (1 Samuel 16, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles), we tend to think about such stories as his defeat of the giant Goliath (1 Samuel 17) and the bringing in of the Ark of the Covenant (2 Samuel 6). But David started...
Are You Serving an Idol or the Living God?
We have been taking a journey through 1 Thessalonians 1. We’ve learned what happens when the true gospel of the true Jesus encounters a person. We also learned that persecution will come our way, and what we need to do when that happens. Turn To The Living God The...
Persecution Will Come..What Will You Do?
The believers in Thessalonica faced great persecution. We see how the religious leaders treated the man who was allowing Paul to stay with him when Paul first came to Thessalonica. Acts 17:5-9 (ESV) says, ”But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the...
The Power of Testimonies
Followers of Jesus are called many things in the Bible. We are called the Bride of Christ, co-heirs with Jesus, among other titles. One of my favorite descriptions we are given is the title of overcomer. When we have encounters with the true Jesus, we get to see and...
God’s Intentions for who Should be a Leader
The Lord has been telling many of his prophets (including Brett and I) that he is uncovering those things hidden in the dark. In Mark Jesus tells us those things that have been hidden will be made manifest. “For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is...
It all Begins and Ends with Jesus
Everything begins with Jesus. He is the Alpha and Omega (in Greek), the Aleph and Tav (in Hebrew), the A to Z (in English). He is the beginning and the ending and everything in between. What’s in between the letters A & Z? The whole rest of the alphabet. That’s...
Living According to the Flesh vs. the Spirit
We as followers of Jesus should make it our goal to live a life guided by the Holy Spirit. We often call this living a spirit-filled life. How can we know if we are walking with the Holy Spirit vs. following another spirit or our flesh? In Romans, Paul gives us a...
Journey into a Life of Prayer Using the Lord’s Prayer Part 4
Welcome back! We are finishing up a 4 part series on prayer. If you have not read the first three, I encourage you to go back and read those before you read this one. The first week I told you my testimony of prayer. The second week we began to dig into the Lord’s...