"For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps." (1 Peter 2:21) We have all experienced them. Some of you may be like me, and you own one; but anyone else would have at least seen them on the...
You are all familiar with the story. God asked Abraham to give up the thing that was the most precious to him in the whole world: He had to lay the promised son, the same one he had waited over 25 years after the promise to receive, to say nothing of the 75 years...
The world is engaged in a battle. Every time you turn on the news, you see evidence of the physical battles that seem to be mushrooming out of nowhere. But the world is engaged in an even larger battle than these physical ones, the battle between good and evil....
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" (Jer 29:11, NIV2) A man, a beggar, sat at the temple gate, begging for money. He had been lame his entire life, and his sole...
Rom 7:14-15 "Yes. I'm full of myself — after all, I've spent a long time in sin's prison." (from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.) Last week I shared with you the miraculous healing of Donovan's...
My wife asked me a very important question on the eve of Valentine's day: "What does it mean to approach God empty handed?" As best as I could I tried to explain it to her. However human explanations are far from being perfect, and the question was not answered either...
Greetings in Messiah's love: Being well acquainted with sports and its terminology; there is an expression used for an athlete who gives every ounce of energy and dedication to the sport. They say he or she left everything on the field or ice. That's what Yeshua/Jesus...
When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such complete fellowship with Him, that we were made one with Him, and His interests and ours became mutual and identical. We have fellowship with Christ in His love. What He loves we love. He loves the...
Matt 11:28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." NIV One day this...
1 Cor 10:31 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." NIV One day, God asked me: "So, Rob. Are you doing everything to my glory?" That's when I realized that most of my activities and decisions were not geared towards God's...