A Blog by Pastors Frank and Parris Bailey
Lk.24:36-40 - Now while they were telling these things, Jesus Himself suddenly stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at a spirit. And He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your …
I recently came across a passage of scripture that is easy to just pass over if you are not paying close attention. It comes from Luke 24 and is dealing with some of the events that happened just after Jesus was raised from the dead. The disciples were beginning to scatter, afraid for their lives, …
Lk.24:26 - Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory? You don’t really see the true character of an individual until their life comes under pressure. Tough times show us what we believe and who we are. Of course Jesus has to be the preeminent example. He was …
Lk. 24:32 - And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us? This passage took place the very day that Christ was raised from the dead. This was a day like no other, Christ was …
Merry Monday by Parris- "Then they drew near unto the village where they were going, and He made as though He would have gone further. But they constrained Him, saying, Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And He went in to stay with them." Luke 24:28,29. We …
Lk. 24:46,47 - and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. As most Christians do, I took another look at …
Continued from yesterday 4. The local church is the place of gifting and impartation. 1Cor. 12:12 ¶ For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. There is a special anointing that the Lord places in …
Luke 24:49 “And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” I love the imagery of the Bible. In this verse Jesus speaks of a coat of power that the disciples would put on. …
ASH WEDNESDAY Luke 24:46-47 ¶ Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." One of the …
