Lk.5:22 – But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, responded and said to them, “Why are you thinking this way in your hearts?” Jesus moved in the power of the Spirit when He was here on earth as a man. In today’s verse we see Him reading people’s thoughts as the Pharisees were plotting against Him. …
Lk.5:20 – And seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.” Forgiveness is where everything starts. Can you remember the struggle you went through to come to the conclusion when you finally yielded your heart to the Lord? It seems so foolish now but I really did not want to acknowledge my …
Jn.17:1 – “Jesus spoke these things; and raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You…” Special times bring about special things. Jesus knew the time for His appointed death had come, the hour of God’s greatest act, the work of redemption …
Phil.2:12,13 – work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to desire and to work for His good pleasure. Christianity is hard too comprehend, no impossible to comprehend, with human reasoning alone. There are just so many things about it that don’t make …
Jn.15:4,5 – Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart …
Jn.14:16 – I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; The third person of the Trinity, the blessed Holy Spirit, is the most mysterious of all the members of the Godhead. He exists in a supportive role, carrying out the Father’s plan and …
Jn.6:20- but Jesus called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. You know who I am.” This is an interesting conflict, the disciples were first scared of the storm and then they were afraid of the Lord. This conflict reminds me of the drama we have all faced dealing with the storm season of 2021. The …
James 5:16 – Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. There are two things that jump out at me in this verse. First, the Lord hears and responds to the prayer of …
BEING DIVINELY PERSUADED MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS: Ro 12:3: “For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith”. There is …
SMELLING LIKE A ROSE-YIELDING MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” Rom.6:13 Throughout most of my life as a Christian I have had plenty of …
