• KNOW… GROW… SHOW…

    KNOW…GROW…SHOW… This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the Law of the Lord and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel. —Ezra 7:10 “Then feed my lambs” —John 21:15 “Then take care of my sheep” —John 21:16 “Then feed my sheep” —John 21:17 Is this the determination of your heart and mine? How committed are you and I to the Word of God… to know it? To obey it? To teach it? Is this the desire of my heart and yours? May it be so! Ezra wanted to know what God’s Word said. Then he wanted to obey God’s Word himself. But then…

  • FAITH— “is the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”—Hebrews 11:1

    FAITH— “is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). “I have seen the Lord!” —John 20:18 “We have seen the Lord!” —John 20:25 “I won’t believe it unless I see…” —John 20:25 “You believe because you have seen me…” —John 20:29 “Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.” —John 20:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-m9sRRN9MA I have not seen Jesus with my physical eyes, but the evidence for Who He is all around us. I would have told you that it was an audible voice speaking to me when He called me to Himself. The conviction of His Holy Spirit was powerful. Jesus does…

  • DONE!

    DONE! “It is finished!” —John 19:30 Or… it has been finished. What has been finished? What was taking place? Jesus died shortly after He said this. But what was meant? Jesus “is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” (I John 2:2). So that “that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” (I John 4:10). “God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of…

  • REAL PURPOSE, POWER AND PEACE

    REAL PURPOSE, POWER AND PEACE He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah’s words greatly encouraged the people. —II Chronicles 32:8 We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield. —Psalm 33:20 Our help is from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 124:8 Where are you looking for help? Sometimes people look in many places, to many people or to circumstances for help, but there is only One who can truly help us. May we look to Him! Where do people look for…

  • GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT

    GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged. —John 16:8-11 It is the Holy Spirit of God that brings conviction to people. Brother and sister, you know how that happened when your eyes were opened to understand who Jesus is and who you were as a sinner before Him. Do you remember that time?…

  • THE VINE, THE BRANCHES, THE RESULTS

    THE VINE, THE BRANCHES, THE RESULTS You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. You are my friends if you do what I command. You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. “But I will send…

  • OH! TO BE WITH JESUS!

    OH! TO BE WITH JESUS! “Lord, where are you going?” And Jesus replied, “You can’t go with me now, but you will follow me later.” —John 13:36 How badly do you want to be with Jesus where He is? Your answer will give some indication about your present relationship with Him. Why wouldn’t a person, who loves Jesus, not want to be with Him in heaven, our home? To have little desire to be there, or no desire, gives indication of little or no love for Jesus. It gives indication that the relationship is unhealthy or non-existent. So how much are you looking forward to being with Jesus and all…

  • GOD’S PRESENCE

    GOD’S PRESENCE When Solomon finished praying, fire flashed down from heaven and burned up the burnt offerings and sacrifices, and the glorious presence of the Lord filled the Temple. The priests could not enter the Temple of the Lord because the glorious presence of the Lord filled it. When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the Lord filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, “He is good! His faithful love endures forever!” Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this…

  • THE LIFE AND LIGHT OF JESUS

    THE LIFE AND LIGHT OF JESUS Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going. Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light.” —John 12:35-36 “In Jesus was life, and that life was the light of all mankind” (John 1:4). Without Jesus men walk in darkness—- they are “dead in (their) transgressions and sins… (following) the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,…