Two men… one is a servant, the other an owner of a house with a large upper room, furnished for 13 men to have a Passover meal together. You and I are probably unknown and unnamed servants and perhaps owners of a home where Jesus could become known to others. Jesus made private arrangements in […]
Passover is a Jewish holy day. It happens about the time of the celebration of Easter or Resurrection Sunday for Christians. Where did this come from, what does it really mean?When Moses was about to lead the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt… the LORD God told Moses to institute a special meal… it had to […]
Do you feel that your life has been turned topsy-turvy? Do you believe that your circumstances are stacked against you? From the viewpoint of people in the last days of Jesus, He was “going down”, everything was “stacked against” Him. Satan entered Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus to the chief priests and officers of the […]
Followers of Christ… we are to walk by faith and live by faith in the Lord Jesus, today. We are not to live by our feelings… we can be deceived by our feelings.We are not to live focused on our circumstances… they can be overwhelming. Stress – does take a toll on our bodies, minds, […]
You are an important person… you matter to the Lord. The people in the time of Jesus were also important people to Him. They mattered to Him. And many responded to His teachings and love. Jesus was in the last week of His life on earth. He knew that, His disciples did not. He would […]
Jesus said, “For where two or three have gathered together in my name, I am there in their midst.” Matthew 18:20 NASB Shall we pray… “O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,In a dry and weary land where there is no water.2 […]
When is faith most needed?When is hope most needed? Faith and hope are most needed – in the middle of chaos and crisis. When events in our world are out of control. One example is the COVID-19 pandemic – panic was, and is, world-wide. Jesus told His disciples of the last days when the powers […]
We have been living with a pandemic for weeks and months.Followers of Christ, we have a testimony of God’s faithfulness to us… no matter the outcome of the pandemic in our lives. Jesus warned His disciples of this kind of world-wide plague.Jesus was talking to His disciples about what they could expect in the coming […]
What do you give to the Lord as an offering?There are two kinds of people according to an observation the Lord Jesus made in the temple before His arrest and crucifixion. He saw rich men putting gifts into the treasury of the temple…He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins… and […]
Promises are to be kept. And God, the God of the Holy Bible, keeps every promise He makes. Amazing God! Awesome God! What a promise from the living God! “… for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you.” Not only do all followers of Christ have the living God with us, […]