See Jesus – Glimpse God Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. (John 5:19) The verse above is in response to Jesus being challenged for healing on the […]
“Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” John 4:29 The above quote was made by an outcast woman who met Jesus while getting water at a well on the outskirts of town. She would come at noon to get her water so […]
Martin Luther called this verse “the gospel in a nutshell.” What he meant was that if there was any single sentence that captures the nature of God, this verse gets the job done. There are many things in this that help us to understand the nature of God and guide us as we live our lives. […]
Justice Matters to Jesus He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” John 2:17 We often think about Jesus as healer, teacher, savior,… In all these things Jesus takes the problems that he encounters and fixes them in some way. If people […]
Are You Paying Attention? “Jesus did this, the first of his signs, at Cana in Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.” John 2:11 “Give me a sign,” we often say. Dried up and tired we wonder if God is paying attention to our circumstances and if God cares. Of course, demanding […]
The Call to Transformation A skeptic once said, “Jesus came proclaiming the Kingdom of God and all he ended up with was the church.” What he meant was that the vision Jesus has is often not seen in the lives of the people who claim to follow Jesus. This week’s text will come from John […]
“When King Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men.” Matthew 2:16 One of the first things that […]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. John 1:1 Both Jews and Christians have ways of understanding God that include God speaking and things happening. God’s announcement is the starting point for God’s work unfolding. It starts in the Bible with the phrase, “And God […]
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8) Are you listening for God’s direction? Often we find ourselves in a tough spot and can’t figure […]
Finding Purpose in Your Life The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. (Ezekiel 37:1) One of the great questions of life is, “Why am I here?” Young people ask it as they […]