Matt.15:35 – “And He directed the people to sit down on the ground; and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and after giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.” Matt.26:27 – “And when He had taken a cup and given …
Eph.5:31,32 – FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. The mystery that Paul was describing boggles the mind, especially the mind of …
Jn.17:11,12 – I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. While I was with them, I was keeping them in …
Matthew 6:9-13Our Father in heaven,Hallowed be Your name.Your kingdom come.Your will be doneOn earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts,As we forgive our debtors.And do not lead us into temptation,But deliver us from the evil one.For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory …
Matt.6:9 – Pray, then, in this way:‘Our Father, who is in heaven,Hallowed be Your name. Jesus was introducing His disciples to a whole new way to approach God, He was also introducing us to the beginning of a new level of intimacy with God. Jesus had enjoyed this intimacy with God from eternity; after all, …
1 Cor.14:2 – If you praise him in the private language of tongues, God understands you but no one else does, for you are sharing intimacies just between you and him. Praying in tongues has been a part of my life for the last fifty years. I can’t imagine prayer or the Christian life without …
Jn.14:6 – Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me”. This verse has always been used by the Lord throughout my life. Today I want to take a moment and reflect on the first part of what Jesus said, “I …
Jn.15:12,13 – This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. To me, this is the best of the best, I am called to be a friend of God. This comes as quite …
Matt. 2:12 ¶ Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way. A number of years ago I came across a book of Christmas poems written by John Wright Follette. These poems have been a great blessing to me over the years. …
Lk.1:46-49 – And Mary sang this song: “My soul is ecstatic, overflowing with praises to God! My spirit bursts with joy over my life-giving God! For he set his tender gaze upon me, his lowly servant girl. And from here on, everyone will know that I have been favored and blessed. The Mighty One has …
