"'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...
“ . . . Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith . . .” (Heb 12:1-2) A particular cloud caught my eye...
Are you bombarded sometimes with discouragement, self-doubt and huge trials? To tell you the truth, I have never met anyone who never experienced any of these! Why? Jesus made us aware that we have a "prince of this world" (John 12:31) NIV who is not acting to our own...
"He will give you all you need from day to day if you live for Him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern." (Matthew 6:33 NLT) It seems only days since she was born. To this grandmother she was the most beautiful newborn in the hospital nursery. Even though...