BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL if you take the New River exit going into North Phoenix. There might be wild burros asleep, standing on the warm road around the next curve! The Pharisees of Jesus’ day were like wild burros, blocking the way for brokenhearted people who knew all too well that they weren’t worthy to […]
Is this not the carpenter…Mark 6:3 It appears Joseph was a carpenter. Jesus was raised by a carpenter His dad, Joseph. Like all who are born of God, Jesus has two fathers: God and Joseph, His dad. Jesus’ father was God. He was raised by His dad, Joseph. Some today have several dads. They have […]
As in the night when a holy festival is kept…Isaiah 30:29 O Holy Night, lyrics by Placide Cappeau; music by Adolphe Adam, dates back to 1847. The first chorus expresses our heart this time of year: Fall on your knees, oh hear the angel voices! O night divine! O night when Christ was born. O night, […]
And the LORD listened and heard them…Malachi 3:16 God hears us. He hears our prayers. He hears our conversations. He hears all of us, even the unrighteous. But, of those who fear Him, God records their words in a “book of remembrance.” Verse 16. Could the book of remembrance be God’s memory.? Malachi records the […]
Filled him with the Spirit of God…Exodus 31:3Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. In Exodus, Moses records how the tabernacle was built. He begins by revealing how God gave His Spirit to men and women to enhance their abilities. And I have filled him […]
For this cause, I have come into the world…John 18:37 This Jesus said while standing before Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea during the days of Jesus. Pilate represents many who reject Jesus. He ignored the advice of his wife who counseled him to not involve himself with Jesus. He rejected the advice of his […]
Freely give us all things…Romans 8:32 Christmas is a time of giving. He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32. Given all that God has given us how can we not give grace to others? It began […]
It was the feast of dedication…and Jesus walked in the temple…John 10:22-23 The feast of dedication is Hanukkah. Hanukkah this year is December 18th thru December 26th. It is the Jewish celebration of re-dedicating the temple after it was profaned by Antiochus Epiphanes in 167 B.C. He killed 40,000 citizens of Israel and enslaved another […]
We live in an obedient Universe. It is so big our imaginations cannot comprehend the distances, yet the movements of every star and planet are steady and true. God set their orbits and interactions in the beginning, and their obedience has been so perfect ever since, that we set […]