• LAST WORDS

    LAST WORDS These are the last words of David: “David, the son of Jesse, speaks— David, the man who was raised up so high, David, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, David, the sweet psalmist of Israel. “The Spirit of the Lord speaks through me; his words are upon my tongue. The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: ‘The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain.’ “Is it not my family God has chosen? Yes,…

  • KISS OF BETRAYAL

    KISS OF BETRAYAL Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted, and they promised to give him money. So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around. —Luke 22:3-6 Judas strategized with the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard on what would be the best way to betray Jesus— the best way to hand Jesus over to them so they could have Him executed.…

  • FORGIVE!

    FORGIVE! As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him. “My lord the king, please forgive me,” he pleaded. “Forget the terrible thing your servant did when you left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind. I know how much I sinned. That is why I have come here today, the very first person in all Israel to greet my lord the king.” —II Samuel 19:18-20 How quick are you and I to ask someone to forgive us that we have sinned against? (II Samuel 16:5-10). Or do we just seek to justify our sin against that person? What is it Jesus…

  • OPPOSITION

    OPPOSITION Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven. But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. —Luke 21:10-12 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers. —Luke 21:17 Why does the Name of Jesus cause such opposition and hatred from those who oppose His very Name? Why is it His Name that punctuates the sentences of so many people on a daily basis? It is because of Who He is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sChJUaU5W9I Dear…

  • WONDER OF WONDERS AND MARVEL OF MARVELS!

    WONDER OF WONDERS AND MARVEL OF MARVELS! Then Jesus presented them with a question. “Why is it,” he asked, “that the Messiah is said to be the son of David? For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.’ Since David called the Messiah ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?” —Luke 20:31-44 Jesus asked this question about the Messiah which is a question He asked to encourage people to consider who He is. The question was how can the Messiah…

  • JESUS OUR CORNERSTONE

    JESUS OUR CORNERSTONE ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ —Luke 20:17 Everything is plumbed and leveled from the cornerstone. It is the stone that sets the direction and placement of a building to fulfill its purpose. So too Jesus being the Cornerstone sets the direction and placement of a person’s life so His purposes for them can be fulfilled. To reject the Cornerstone is to reject the Architect of your life. Who best knows the design and purpose for your life? If we do not “plumb” and “level” our life from Him, then we will not fulfill His purposes in life. May we be building…

  • LIST…SIN…DEATH

    LUST…SIN…DEATH… Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying, “I’m pregnant.” —II Samuel 11:5 A crisis pregnancy… What would she do? She sent a communication to the father and told David she was pregnant. The illicit sexual rendezvous did not end with the lustful plan of action being carried out that night. No, now their adulterous affair was complicated with Bathsheba being pregnant. This was not what David had planned. She had no plans to abort the child. David would have to come up with an alternative plan. David called Bathsheba’s husband Uriah back from the front lines with the seemingly intent of knowing…

  • SEEK THE LOST

    SEEK THE LOST For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. —Luke 19:10 Are you looking, seeking for opportunities to see the lost saved? This is why Jesus came— so people could be restored to a relationship with God through Him. Are we seeking opportunities to reconcile people back to God? Think about it. When was the last time you shared the gospel with someone in some form because you love God and love people? Every person we see, every person we pass by are either saved or lost. We do not know until we engage them in conversation. Again, when was the last time…

  • PRAY AND DO NOT GIVE UP!

    PRAY AND DO NOT GIVE UP! 1One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. 2“There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. 3A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ 4The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, 5but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’” 6Then the…

  • JESUS SUFFERED, DIED, ROSE & IS COMING AGAIN!

    JESUS SUFFERED, DIED, ROSE & IS COMING AGAIN! For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man comes. But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation. —Luke 17:24-25 Rejected by the world’s majority and executed by the suffering of the cross was not the end of Jesus! Oh, no… He rose victorious, ascended into Heaven and “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you…