What did Jesus’ followers (twelve men of varied backgrounds) do when Jesus was praying? They kept quiet and waited respectfully until He was finished praying. (NASB) Luke 11:1 “…while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished…” How often do you interrupt another or override them as they are talking?  What […]

   To whom do you pray?  Is it the living God?  Or do you put a person in the place of God?   In whose name do you pray? It is Jesus Who has secured His followers with salvation…no one else has done that!  (NASB) Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; […]

  Jesus was praying “in a certain place” and His twelve disciples respectfully kept quiet and waited for Him to finish.   Where do you go to pray? Some people may wait until they are in a church setting, others wherever they are.  According to (NASB) Luke 11:1, “Jesus was praying in a certain place.” […]

The prayer of the week is based on Psalm 118:19-21 Lord God of the Bible, please open for me the gates of being righteous before You. Through faith in Jesus I will enter into Your presence and give You thanks! You have provided the gate through which anyone may enter and stand before You. And […]

   The following scenario is a possibility: Martha was determined to be an excellent hostess.  She was distracted to the point of putting the emphasis on the meal preparation.  Worry!  Botheration!  Vexation!  And who was she vexed with?  Her sister!  Where was she?  Oh yes, sitting in the other room and listening to Jesus.  Well!  […]

   Martha was a hostess with ‘the mostest’!  She welcomed Jesus into her home.  And Martha had a sister, Mary.  “Watch” what happens when Jesus is welcomed in this home. (NASB) Luke 10:38-40 “Now as they were traveling along, He (Jesus) entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39 […]

   Followers of Messiah Jesus have the assurance that God’s words of prophecy will be fulfilled.  How can there be such assurance?  Because the prophecies in the Old Testament of Messiah’s first coming were all fulfilled…not just one or two, but all of them.   Psalm 2 is a prophecy of the coming of Messiah […]

   Jesus used a story to get His point across to a lawyer who wanted to “justify” himself, to make himself “look good”.  (Luke 10:25-29)   A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; robbers assaulted him, robbed him and left him “half dead”. The story continues: A priest [a man called by God […]

The prayer of the week is based on Psalm 1:1-3 You are the living God Who blesses those who do not walk or are not living by following the advice of the ungodly.  Your blessings are on those who do not stand (passively and submissively) in the paths or ways of sinners.  You continually bless […]

  A lawyer had come to Jesus and tested Him with a question.  Jesus had answered with a question, and the lawyer answered correctly.  (Luke 10:25-28) Then the lawyer wanted to make himself look realllllly good…so he asked Jesus another question concerning the subject of “love your neighbor as yourself.”  (Luke 10:27) (NASB) Luke 10:29 “But […]