Set your mind…Colossians 3:2 Once we realize we can think with a transformed mind, Romans 12:1, we can now set our mind on things above, not on things on the earth, Colossians 3:1. But how? How can we who are often overwhelmed by the things of the earth even have time to think about heavenly things?  […]

Treasure in earthen vessels…2 Corinthians 4:7 We read verse 7 thinking verses 8 and 9 seem more real: we are hard pressed on every side—perplexed—persecuted—struck down. We look into the mirror and see—well, let us not talk about what we see or how we feel; the aches and the pains, etc. So, we read verse […]

Shut your door…Matthew 6:6 There are times when prayer should be personal and private. A time when we retreat to our room and shut the door. That is, we get as far away from public view as possible. A time when prayer is just between us and our Father. During these prayer times we avoid […]

Raise the tabernacle according to its pattern…Exodus 26:26 While on Mt. Sinai Moses was shown a tabernacle in heaven. He was given instructions to build another tabernacle on earth according to what he saw in heaven: according to its pattern. Not only was Moses shown what the tabernacle was to look like, he was given […]

I will be with you…Genesis 26:3 God repeated this promise to Jacob several times. The most famous maybe in his dream, Genesis 28: 10 thru 17. In his dream, Jacob saw and heard God. Upon waking up, Jacob said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it. He took a […]

You will be with Me in Paradise…Luke 23:43 Could this place called “paradise” be a place more real than this place where we live? Could Paradise be a reality more real than what our five senses can detect? If so, then we live in a material world attempting to speak to Someone in a spiritual […]

Teach us to pray…Luke 11:1 Jesus answered this request (prayer) with a prayer; Luke 11:2 thru 4. The way to learn to pray is to pray. The One we pray to is Father. We therefore pray like His child. Someone He loves and wants the best for.  Prayer is our real opportunity to come into […]

And difficult is the way…Matthew 7:14 Could the way be difficult in part by our own doing? Jesus says, “Follow Me.”        And we say, “Ok, let me take care of some things first.”  Jesus says, “Just follow Me, tomorrow will take care of itself.” Jesus says, “What are you reading?”       We […]

Enter by the narrow gate…Matthew 7:13 For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it, Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus is the […]

Raised because of our justification…Romans 4:25 Because of that page in our Bibles separating Malachi from Matthew, too many think the New Covenant began with the birth of Jesus. The New Covenant actually began with His death, This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many, Mark 14:24. Jesus died to redeem […]