“You are Peter, and on this rock, I will build My church.” Matthew 16:18. When Jesus renamed Simon as Peter (John 1:42) it wasn’t a random choice.  “Peter” means “the rock.”  But it took a while for Peter to live up to his new name.  The account of his life reveals him as a fisherman […]

“Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” John 4:34 The most important thing to Jesus was to do God’s will and finish the work He was sent to do. It’s easy for us to become preoccupied with the needs of the moment. But […]

“I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.” John 13:15 The love of God was visibly demonstrated in Jesus when He was here on Earth. In stooping to wash the feet of His disciples, He mirrored the submissive step He took when He left heaven and became a man. […]

“You turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.”  I Thessalonians 1:9. When Paul addressed the people in Athens, he was grieved by the idolatry in that city.  Yet he used the people’s imperfect understanding of God to point them to the God of Scripture.  In our increasingly pluralistic world, the […]

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father.”  Matthew 5:16. Sometimes you’ve got to “show up” before you “speak up”.  No one really wants to hear what we have to say about the love of Jesus until they’ve seen it in our lives.  People don’t […]