April 2 | Matthew 27:40 “And saying, “You who would destroy the temple and in three days rebuild it, save Your self – if you are God’s Son, come down from the Cross.”” (Matthew 27:40) Did you ever so thoroughly misunderstand something that you weren’t even close to how it…
February 19 | Matthew 24:31 “And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” (Matthew 24:31) When Jesus came to the end of His earthly ministry, He was thinking about…
February 17 | Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:9 “Rejoice abundantly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you, righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey, indeed on the foal of a donkey!” (Zechariah 9:9) “But the…
February 10 | Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 22:39 “You must not avenge yourself and you must not hold a grudge over the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”(Leviticus 19:18) “And a second commandment is like it, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”(Matthew…
Although I’ve talked about when Jesus progressively heals someone before, I wanted to talk about immediate healing and compare it with progressive healing in the Gospels. In my last post, I talked about why Jesus liked to heal on the Sabbath. In this post, I want to take another look…
January 15 | Matthew 6:13 “And don’t lead us into tests, but rescue us from the evil one." (Matthew 6:13) There’s a whole plane of existence people don’t consider. God made us flesh and spirit. Everyone recognizes the physical realm, but many people miss the spiritual realm. Things happen all…
January 14 | Matthew 6:12 “And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors." (Matthew 6:12) Hanging on the Cross while His enemies mocked Him, Jesus taught us His greatest lesson. He forgave everyone. In the midst of His anguish and suffering, Jesus freed His enemies from…
January 13 | Matthew 6:11 "Our daily bread give us for this day" (Matthew 6:11) You’re stranded on a desert island. What do you find first? Food? Water? Shelter? You must meet your needs if you want to survive. All those pictures of beautiful island beaches don’t seem so inviting…
January 12 | Matthew 6:10 "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done as in heaven, so also on earth."(Matthew 6:10) Everyone is trying to build their own kingdom. It’s all about what they can get out of life. They calculate everything they do for their benefit. But we don’t live…
January 11 | Matthew 6:9 "Pray, then, like this, “Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name." (Matthew 6:9) Throughout the centuries of Christian practice, many pray the Lord’s Prayer word for word. While there is nothing wrong with this, Jesus intended it as a template, a model…
