Jer.31:22 – How long will you gad about, O you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth— A woman shall encompass a man.” I love to search the scriptures that are filled with hidden treasures that many miss at first glance or just a casual reading. Some of the …
Heb.3:1 – Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus; Stop for a minute and take another look at Jesus. Consider Him and His greatness. Think about His electing love, how He has loved you from eternity. Consider His amazing plan of redemption, …
“My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” —Psalm 22:1 This is the day the sun refused to shine. How is this possible that the Father turned away from His Son. Unthinkable! They had enjoyed a fellowship of love from eternity and suddenly it was cut off. What could cause such a drastic effect? …
Jn.13:1 – Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. One of the most beautiful and actually shocking characteristics of Jesus was His amazing …
Jn.3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. One of my fondest memories and greatest of honors was at the unexpected Billy Graham meeting in New Orleans after Katrina. Franklin Graham had scheduled two services just …
Rev.6:9 – “When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;” Our western culture is unfamiliar with the concept of martyrdom; it has such a non-civilized feel that we …
Ps.40:11 – You, LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me;Your mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me. This was a whole new experience for Jesus. He had lived surrounded by His Father’s love from eternity; to be utterly cast off from God’s love at Calvary was beyond anything the Lord had known. …
Ps.23:1 – The LORD is my shepherd,I will not be in need. This is the greatest of David’s Psalms. It is a walk with David the shepherd as he walked with our chief Shepherd, Jesus Christ. This Psalm follows the Psalm that Jesus quoted as He died for us at Calvary. His haunting words, “My …
Matt.26:8,9 – But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste? For this perfume could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor The story of Mary of Bethany and her extravagant love for the Lord is one of the most shocking stories in …
