Mark 4: 35 – 41 35 On that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. 37 And there arose a fierce gale of […]
Psalm 107: 6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. As the infamous Joan Rivers used to say, “Can we talk?” Between you and me, we are distressed from time to time, are we not? You can be honest with me. I know that you, […]
Matthew 21: 22 And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive. Wouldn’t it be nice if this verse simply said, “All things you ask, you shall receive?” But, there is that problematic word set off between the commas, believing. We receive all things which, when we pray, we believe we will receive. […]
Matthew 14: 28 – 31 Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he […]
Matthew 13: 58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. We think of Jesus as all powerful as well we should. The three years of his ministry were full of miracles, amazing miracles. And his miracles were not spotty as in one here and one there. He would go into […]
Psalm 145: 18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him. At some point in time we have to decide to simply believe the words of the Bible. We have to move on from wanting everything to be proved to us and arrive at belief. We are said to be “believers” but just […]
Romans 10: 9 (New Living Translation) If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. This verse shows how the Kingdom of God works. In order to receive salvation we must believe with our hearts and confess with […]