“My purpose is to give them (my followers) a rich and satisfying life.” – Jesus, John 10:10 NLT Christians can get trapped into living day to day with no real purpose or pizzazz. Jesus said that He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. The Christian life is to be an […]
“The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion…, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” I Samuel 17:37. The Biblical account of David and Goliath describes a seemingly insignificant person whose confidence in God was greater than any of the powerful people around him. When David volunteered to face […]
“Their words seemed to [the disciples] like idle tales, and they did not believe them.” Luke 24:11. On the first Easter morning, the women who took spices to anoint the body of Jesus found the tomb empty. When they told this to the disciples they did not believe it. They thought it was too good […]
“I will walk in my integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me. My foot stands in an even place.” Psalm 26:11-12. Have the painful barbs of critics or the accusations of your conscience filled you with fear and self-doubt? Talk to the Lord. If you need to confess sin, do it. Then put your […]
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.” Isaiah 9:2. Seven centuries before Jesus’ birth, Isaiah used an image of light and shadow to foretell the coming of a Savior for Israel. Rembrandt’s painting The […]