“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.” —Luke 6:46-49 The foundation for…

From now on you’ll be fishing for people! —Luke 5:10 Have you been? Some people say they don’t have that gift, but Acts 1:8 calls us to be witnesses of the Lord Jesus. With the greatest message this world will ever hear being in our capability to communicate, why wouldn’t we? People need to hear what the Creator and Sustainer of all life has done for them so that they might be saved from their sin as we were when we trusted Jesus. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John…

Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil spirit—began shouting at Jesus, “Go away! Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” Jesus cut him short. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched; then it came out of him without hurting him further. Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!” —Luke 4:33-36 Demons recognize Jesus more…

Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. —Luke 3:8 Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. —Matthew 3:8 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. —Ephesians 2:10 I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. —Acts 26:20 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. —James 2:26 Evidence… is there enough evidence in your life to…

…the deepest thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. —Luke 2:35 What are those deep thoughts in your mind that no one knows of? Jesus knows them! He knows the thoughts and intents of every man (John 2:25). He reveals the thoughts of your heart. By reading this you either agree or may get upset with these truths. But, it does not change things. Jesus knows you better than you know yourself. He knows your motives. He knows what makes you tic. He knows your priorities and everything about you. In a world where very few really know your name— Jesus knows every name and… He cares about you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtlDVleJBtA…

When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?” “Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the Lord’s army.” At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?” The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told. —Joshua 5:13-15 There is only One who is…

So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you. —Deuteronomy 31:6 And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. —Matthew 28:20 Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. —Hebrews 13:5 Hey fellow follower of Jesus our Lord, we are not alone… ever! Feeling alone? Call on Him! Feeling afraid? Call on Him! Feeling anxious? Call on Him! He is always there for us… always! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJJJkiRukY We are not to be afraid of man or thrown into…

I am making this covenant with you so that no one among you—no man, woman, clan, or tribe—will turn away from the Lord our God to worship these gods of other nations, and so that no root among you bears bitter and poisonous fruit. —Deuteronomy 29:18 False gods and false doctrine “bears bitter and poisonous fruit.” This type of fruit destroys many people. At the State Prison in New Hampshire those who come to the Lord Jesus Christ are targets for the Jehovah Witnesses and other groups. These JW’s are steeped in the “bitter and poisonous fruit” thinking they are doing the right thing, but they lead many to eternal…

When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!” —Mark 15:39 This soldier understood death. He had probably seen it many times. He did not become a centurion without experience. This season soldier saw how Jesus died and said, “This man truly was the Son of God!” What stood out in the death of Jesus on the cross that brought this soldier to that conclusion? We are told he “saw how he died” and that brought him to the conclusion of who Jesus is. Jesus died according to His timetable, according to His plan and the…

So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified. The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment. They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head. Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship. When they were finally tired of mocking…