Exodus 12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.” Barak is the Hebrew word for kneeling or being on your knees. It’s interesting that it’s also the Hebrew word for blessing. It’s a good reminder for us that blessings flow from God and not… Read More »
Mountains and Valleys
Mark 9:9 Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead. Mark 9:17-18 Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit.… Read More »
Time with Jesus
Mark 9:14 And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. I’ve said before that the best commentary on the Bible is the Bible itself. This is one of the reasons why I love to teach the Bible in an expository fashion. I believe that… Read More »
Redeeming the Donkey
Exodus 13:13 But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. There were many different types of unclean animals but God is very specific here in these… Read More »
Without Wax
Mark 9:36-37 Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.” Those… Read More »
God’s Got It
Mark 9:42 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. Millstones ranged in size from convenient in-home models to much larger industrial strength models that required the strength of a… Read More »
House on the Rock
Mark 10:9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” God created marriage and marriage is a living illustration of our relationship with God. So, while we are speaking of the marriage of men and women here, we are also looking at the relationship of ourselves to God. Certainly let us take heed… Read More »
Peace, a Promise
Mark 10:32 Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed. And as they followed they were afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to Him: There is a hidden picture within this… Read More »
There is Strength in Joy
Exodus 16:11-12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.”’ When Israel lost faith at… Read More »
Choose to Believe
Mark 12:1a Then He began to speak to them in parables Jesus often taught using parables. Why parables? Was it to confuse or was it to force a response? Some commentators on the Bible suggest that Jesus taught using parables in order to confuse the listener. After all, when the disciples asked Him why He… Read More »
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