May 31, 2023
The Lightweight Life? Part 2 of our Tests & Trials series And lead us not into temptation trials … —Matt. 6:13 When Jesus states in the Disciples’ Prayer, “And lead us not into temptation,” he is actually saying, “And lead […]
May 25, 2023
And lead us not into temptation trials. . .—Matt. 6:13 When Jesus states in the Disciples’ Prayer, “And lead us not into temptation,” what is he saying? Does God tempt us? Or … is it significant that the Greek word for […]
May 16, 2023
“ …for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”—Matt. 6:8 When we hear Jesus say that God knows what we need, we typically think in terms of, “What I need, not what I want.” I believe Jesus […]
May 8, 2023
7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.—Matt. 6:7-8 When Jesus […]
May 2, 2023
Today let’s look at Jesus’ introduction to his prayer. Here it is in whole: “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen […]
April 26, 2023
You probably think you have free will. You might even be proud of your witty and clever free will. You might fancy yourself to be a smart person. You might see yourself as a free-spirited, avant-garde, advanced human. “I am […]
April 19, 2023
Gratitude must be constantly fed. Resentment feeds on itself. Unknown I want us to keep thinking about Easter, and Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. Instead of just the ‘week of,’ let us keep contemplating his sacrifice for each of us. […]
April 11, 2023
Easter is all about Self. Actually the entire Biblical story is about Self: the battle of our Self against God. Oh, you may think it is about the battle between Satan and God, but Satan long ago realized his best […]
April 4, 2023
Have you heard that when Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” – this was the point when he took on the sins of the world? And since God cannot look on sin, he turned […]
March 31, 2023
As we begin Jesus’ last week this helps me to walk through it with him. I hope it does you. Friday Note: Many of the actual times of these events are not recorded in Scripture. The timeline represents an approximate sequence of events. […]
March 29, 2023
If you were asked to give a description of a Christian, and I mean by that adisciple of Christ, not a person who goes to a Christian church, what would yousay? Notice I said a description, not a definition. I […]
March 21, 2023
In the Lord’s Prayer … “Our Prayer,” when we state, “Your will be done,” does this nullify our free will? Before we talk about free will, let’s be clear: Nothing happens apart from God’s control. Jesus was emphatic about this: […]