When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” John 11:43-44 Amid a hopeless situation, Jesus…
The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 What do you think God thinks about you? Is he happy with you? Is he disappointed? Does…
Often, Christ followers are looking to re-capture a mountaintop feeling regarding their walk with Jesus. The truth is that we live normal, ordinary lives and are susceptible to the ups and downs that a “normal” life brings. The good news is that we are promised some extraordinary aspects that burst through the mundane and remind…
We live in a world that seems disconnected. We live in a world that at times is so separated and so isolated. We live in a world that at times feels uprooted from anything solid. But, God’s Word tells us that He plants in us a longing for belonging. We were not meant to do life all…
We live in a time and culture where self-love has taken on a negative meaning. It’s about what makes you happy and fulfilled. When Jesus said to love others as ourselves, He clarified that we are to love ourselves as He loved us and that this love would spill over to include others.
In a time when the world is calling for us to conform to its idea of what’s right and what’s wrong, the Bible teaches us a different way to respond. Instead of being taken over by the “storms”{ in our lives, we need to hold fast to the Rock of our salvation and stay in…
“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,…
A look at Lois and Eunice and the legacy they poured into Timothy
For the body of Christ – the Church, to be effective, it must be united in its message of the saving Gospel of Jesus.