ODD BUT TRUE

ROMANS 5:8 Have you ever forgiven someone who wronged you and said they were sorry? How about the person who wrongs you and is not sorry? Should that relationship be pursued? Should they be shown forgiveness? Actually, it happened to each of us about 2,000 years ago. God did not wait for us to come to … [Read more…]

WHAT KIND OF KING DO YOU EXPECT?

MATTHEW 21:1-11 We have a problem today that we need to address. If Palm Sunday was such a glorious day, what went wrong by Friday that Jesus found Himself betrayed by one of His own disciples, arrested by the high priest’s guard, accused by a coalition of religious leaders, tried by the Roman governor, and … [Read more…]

AT YOUR BECK AND CALL

MATTHEW 28:18-20 When Jesus came to earth, the Jews were looking forward to the coming of the Messiah to elevate their nation to prominence. Instead of hearing a message of forgiveness and repentance, they anticipated a Deliverer who would lead them in a successful liberation of their nation. And some of the religious authorities apparently … [Read more…]

TAKEOVER YOUR MOUNTAIN!

JOSHUA 14:12 Mountains can represent obstacles as well as blessings. Caleb joined Joshua in giving a good report by faith about the promised land. They knew that God had already promised the land to them. It did not matter if giants were occupying it. By God’s grace, every giant would be brought down! He was promised … [Read more…]

GOD THE ACCOUNTANT

ROMANS 6:23 Accountancy teaches us that to balance an account, we are required to add up the debits and credits and determine the difference; also, bring the two sides into equilibrium. If, by chance, the two figures do not agree then reconciliation must be made. In like manner, God needed to balance the books and reconcile … [Read more…]

GOD’S PUNCH LIST

MATTHEW 15:24; JOHN 19:30 A punch list is prepared during key milestones or near the end of a construction project listing work not conforming to contract specifications that must be completed prior to final payment. The phrase (punch list) takes its name from the historical process of punching a hole in the margin of the document, … [Read more…]

WHY?

1 CORINTHIANS 1:18 Why did Jesus choose to leave Heaven’s splendor to die in our place, when we were the sinful ones? I may not understand this fully. The fact remains that He chose to lay aside His majesty to take on the form of humanity for us. Why did He remain on the cross with … [Read more…]

A NEW ROAD

ROMANS 8:28 Often, we come to new roads in life. Sometimes we wonder how we even got there. We suddenly find ourselves face to face with a new direction. We may not know what God has in store and where we will end up. But let us do our best to trust God on every new … [Read more…]

THE CHOICE

DEUTERONOMY 30:19-20 Sometimes we sacrifice our time, money, and attention acquiring material things that bring no lasting pleasure or any eternal benefit. At the end, we were left with the regret of the choices we have made. Regret has many faces. Among them are sorrow, pain, heartache, torment, suffering – just to mention a few. As the … [Read more…]

CALLED TO EVANGELIZE

2 TIMOTHY 4:2 We are not all called to be in the five-fold ministry or to be missionaries to foreign lands, but we are all called to be witnesses and to evangelize as the Lord brings people in our paths every day. In case you have a challenge on how to go about evangelizing, start with … [Read more…]