I wanted to know more about Jesus. What was His purpose? What were His plans for the future? If I could talk to Him in person, I could ask Him these questions. But there were always so many people around Him. And, the High Priest had his spies in the crowds, reporting on what was… Read More »
Faith Story – At A Wedding
From the day Jesus asked me to follow Him, I’ve been with Him constantly, along with other followers. There was something about the way He spoke that made me want to hear more. And when He said, one day, that we were going to a wedding I couldn’t have imagined what happened. It started with… Read More »
Faith Story – A Day On The Lake
Dawn was breaking, and a long toilsome night of commercial fishing resulted in little to show for all the work. I was washing the nets when the Man called Jesus stepped into one of my boats and asked that it be moved away from the shore so that He could speak to a large number… Read More »
Faith Story – A Day At The Pool
This day began like any other day, reclining beside the pool…waiting. When I look around, I see familiar faces that were here yesterday and the day before. Some of them as long as I can remember. All of us have one thing in common. We want to be well. We want to do things that… Read More »
Jesus At The Well
“Would you please give me a drink of water?” Jesus asked the woman that approached the well. The woman thought this an unusual request because the man asking the question was a Jew and she was a Samaritan. “Why are you asking me; because Jews and Samaritans don’t have anything to do with each other?”… Read More »
Where Is Jesus?
“We’ve looked everywhere and can’t find Him. He’s not with the group we thought and worse, nobody can remember seeing Him. Where can He be? What if He was kidnapped or a wild animal got Him? We’ve got to go back and look for Him. With panic and fear as their companions, they searched carefully,… Read More »
On The Road
“Are we almost there yet?” A popular question asked by young travelers. While His parents were instructed, by an angel, to flee to Egypt, Baby Jesus was likely too young to ask this question. King Herod, in an attempt to eliminate Jesus, issued a decree that male children, in the area of Bethlehem, under the… Read More »
Creation
God created the first man, Adam, because He wanted to establish a loving relationship sustained by mankind’s choice. He provided an environment (Garden of Eden) for Adam to care for and enjoy. God demonstrated His love for Adam by creating Eve. Adam and Eve were able to love God and each other and enjoy all… Read More »
Fatal Choice
Adam and Eve were created with the ability to choose to love God or themselves. They chose themselves and inherited the consequences. While God continued to love them, their action resulted in a broken relationship with God. Through forgiveness, the relationship was restored; but, the consequences continued.
“How Do I Put Treasures in Heaven?”
“You’ve said that we are to lay up treasures in Heaven,” said the disciples to Jesus. “How do we do that?” “When you share the love that the Father in Heaven has given to you, with other people, by doing something good, you have placed a treasure in Heaven,” Jesus stated. [Bible: Matthew 6:19-21; Matthew… Read More »
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