Daniel and his friends had been carried into Babylon. Everything around them had changed. Their location changed. Their education changed. Their language changed. Even their names changed. But something inside them didn’t change. Daniel 1:8 told us: “But Daniel resolved…” Daniel had already decided who he belonged to. If you wait until the pressure comes…
On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’” John 7:37-38 NLT Jesus invites all who are spiritually…
36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” Mark 5:36 Jesus is going with Jairus to heal his daughter when a woman who is bleeding touches him. This causes Jesus to pause and spend time with her. While he was with her, Jairus’ daughter dies.…
Friday was loud. There were crowds shouting, soldiers hammering nails, people mocking, and the sky itself growing dark as Jesus hung on the cross. Sunday will be loud too. Angels will speak. The stone will roll away. The tomb will be empty. Joy will explode into the world. But today… is Saturday. Saturday is quiet.…
3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him (Jesus) because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your…
14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15:14; 17 The significance of the Resurrection – the Bible’s truth and validity rest on Jesus…
As He said these things, many came to believe in Him. So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:30-32 NASB
“Who do you say that I am?” Matthew 16:15 Jesus, in the midst of growing opposition and surrounded by crowds of people who liked him but did not understand him, did an unusual thing. He took his disciples north out of Israel into Gentile territory, to a place called Caesarea Philippi. And in Caesarea Philippi,…
God loved so God gave. He gave His Son so that we could be forgiven and have eternal life in fellowship with Him. Our part is to believe in Jesus.