Psalm 136:1–5 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever: To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever;… Read More »
God Loves You
Matthew 26:18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.””’ Notice how Jesus says this … not as a man who is dreading what’s to come, but as a… Read More »
You Are Loved
Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob: In the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) what we know as the book of Exodus is called Shemot, which means Names and rightly so, since we are greeted with the names of… Read More »
Shock and Shake
Mark 2:25-26 But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the… Read More »
Swaddled in Love
Luke 2:12-14 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “ Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” What… 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 »
God’s Deep Love
John 11:3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. In this Gospel, John is really emphasizing for us that Jesus loved these people; twice in the first 5 verses of this chapter we are told that… Read More »
Evidence and Expectations
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” A little later in the Gospel of John, chapter 20, we will find that the disciple Thomas says that he will never believe that Jesus is alive unless he himself can place his hands in Jesus’ wounds. Much of Christendom has found fault with Thomas due… Read More »
If We Love Them
John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. Jesus reminds us that before the world was, He was. Jesus was God and yet in His earthly ministry, He was veiled so that to the world He looked like just another… Read More »
Mixed Up
John 17:11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. Jesus is talking to the Father, praying that those who are His will be… Read More »
