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Prayer of the Week

(NASB) Psalm 100:1-5 “SHOUT JOYFULLY to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. 3 Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His […]

Road Rage…Violent Anger

Road rage is filled with hate. Road rage is instantaneous and cares not about what is legal. Road rage reacts to wrongs done against me! Road rage is all about revenge. The people, the good people of Nazareth, experienced that kind of violent anger. Jesus was their target…on a Sabbath in the synagogue…they drove Jesus […]

Belief in God…Acts

 Belief in God…acts upon His truth given to you each day.     What does the living God want you to do?  Here is a partial list…to get you started: *To Wait…on God for direction *To Read…His word with an expectancy to ‘hear’ His voice to you through His written words of the Holy Bible *To […]

Wait…Waited…Waiting…

Waiting on God is to trust Him for every part of your life… Jesus said to His hometown: (NASB) Luke 4:24-26 “And He said, ‘Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 ‘But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, […]

Belief in Jesus…Your Responsibility

  Jesus had just quoted Isaiah and stated that He had fulfilled that Scripture in the hearing of His hometown synagogue. (See Luke 4:17-21)   The people doubted Jesus’ words.  How can we know this?  Because: (NASB) Luke 4:23-24 “And He said to them, ‘No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself!  […]

Prayer of the Week

(NASB) Psalm 118:1 “GIVE THANKS to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

Unbelief…is Doubt in God’s Truths

   Jesus was in the Nazareth synagogue speaking to His hometown folks.  He proclaimed that the Scripture He had read from the prophet Isaiah had been fulfilled that day in that synagogue in that town of Nazareth.  (See Luke 4:17-21) (NASB) Luke 4:22 “And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious […]

Jesus…sent by God…to Proclaim the Acceptable Year

   Jesus declared that He had fulfilled Scripture as He read from the prophet Isaiah in the synagogue of His hometown of Nazareth.   What is the “acceptable year of the LORD”? Again the Lord God gives His commendation to His Messiah in: (NASB) Isaiah 49:8a “…In a favorable time I have answered You, And […]

Jesus…sent by God…to Free the Oppressed

   What can you know about the LORD in regard to oppression?   In Acts 7:24 and verse 34, Moses was a man God used to provide a way out of slavery for the Hebrew people in Egypt. The Lord sees the oppression of His people.  He sees how they are treated. He hears their […]

Jesus…sent by God…to Restore Sight

  Jesus, God’s Anointed One, was intentionally sent to open the eyes of the blind.   (See Isaiah 42:7).   Jesus quoted Isaiah in the synagogue in His hometown ofNazareth.  Jesus was sent by God to give blind eyes the ability to see: (NIV) Luke 4:18 “…and recovery of sight for the blind…” During Jesus’ […]