Hebrews 10: 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. The book of Hebrews is known for its sound teachings on faith and this is one of the resounding statements which reveals faith, what it looks like and how it behaves. It is easiest to […]
John 4: 50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and he started off. This man’s simple belief is a testament to us all yet he was not a simple man. He was a royal official, a nobleman. He asked Jesus to […]
Jeremiah 17: 7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. In a conversation last week, the theme about trusting God kept coming up. Time and time again the circle seemed to close on our learning to trust the Lord. I believe with the people in the conversation […]
Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” I was praying today for someone when I felt the smallest twinge as the words came out of my mouth. What I prayed is promised in the scriptures so why that little twinge? I stopped right then and asked […]
1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 7 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; […]
Luke 1: 38 And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; be it done to me according to your word.” Put yourself, for a moment, in Mary’s shoes. She was a young, unwed, though engaged woman when the angel Gabriel appeared to her announcing that she would conceive and bear a son. She questioned […]
Matthew 9: 28 – 30 And after he had come into the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him “Yes, Lord.” Then He touched their eyes saying, “Be it done to you according to your […]
