Matthew 28: 18 NMB And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, all power is given to me in heaven and in earth. So, if, as Jesus said, all power was given to him, then why could he do nothing in and of himself? Is this a perplexing problem or a […]
John 5: 19 “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself.” Jesus said he was nothing without God so consider me, as David said, a worm (Psalm 22: 6). Who are we if Jesus could do nothing without the Father’s assistance? Before Jesus’ ministry began, Father sent him to be […]
Zechariah 4: 6 “This is the word of the Lord . . ., ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.” Last week we spent a little time with the prophet Habakkuk, and he taught us about partnering with God and not being prideful. Habakkuk told us that […]
Psalm 42: 5 NIV Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. This week we are continuing our journey through the psalms with this passage from Psalm 42. Since you seem to be enjoying […]
Habakkuk 2: 4 Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith. Yesterday Habakkuk taught us that God does not want us to rely on our own strength, but rather to trust in His. We talked about partnering with the Holy Spirit, allowing […]
Habakkuk 1: 11 But they will be held guilty, they whose strength is their God. The prophet Habakkuk wrote this sometime around 607 B.C. That means this passage is over 2600 years old. It might have been written yesterday for how appropriate it is to our everyday existence. I have been writing over the last […]
Psalm 37: 21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back but the righteous is gracious and gives. Do you know what it is called if you borrow and fail to pay back? It is called stealing. Yep! That’s what it is. Now why would any of us intentionally steal from one another? An absolute […]
