Astonished or Afraid?The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. Mark 10:32b (NLT)M y Lent reading plan has me hanging out in the book of Mark in preparation for Easter. If the book of John is a love story, Mark is...
It's All About HimI have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Galatians 2:20 (ESV)J oe and I joined a...
When it comes to Jesus, one thing was certain: He prayed a lot. As Jesus approaches His soon and certain death, He concludes His intimate conversation with His disciples by praying. As He talks to the Father, He prays for Himself, for the disciples and for all who...
Astonished or Afraid?The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. Mark 10:32b (NLT)M y Lent reading plan has me hanging out in the book of Mark in preparation for Easter. If the book of John is a love story, Mark is...
We can have joy in our lives that is indestructible. Who wouldn’t want that? But how do we get it? We look to many different sources for joy; we make plans and develop expectations that we believe will give us happy lives. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s not...
RememberRemember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. Isaiah 46:9 (ESV)I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, because my philosophy is: If you want to change, then change. You don't need a special day to...
There are times in life when what appears to be worse actually winds up being better. We can often look back on our lives and see that if we had gotten what we thought was better at the time, we would be much worse off now. In the midst of the pain of the worse, we...