Posted in Bible, Devotional, People, tagged faith, Gospel of Luke, healing, Jesus on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The woman with the flow of blood illustrates that faith need not be very vocal to be real and effective. But the story also shows us that it’s important to give Christ the credit for all He does for us. Let’s look at the story:
Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, [...]
Posted in Bible, Devotional, People, tagged Gospel of John, hate, Jesus, love on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Sad, but true, some people just plain hate Jesus Christ. One reason why is found in John 7:7, where Jesus is talking to His still-unbelieving brothers.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.” - John 7:7 (NKJV)
When Jesus says that the things we do are [...]
Posted in Bible, Calvary Chapel, Devotional, Horizon Central, Horizon Christian Fellowship, People, tagged Book of Job, God, Satan, Temptation, Trials on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
This evening at Horizon Central in our series 66 Books, we’re looking at the book of Job. Going through the book verse-by-verse can be a long, arduous process - almost a verbal version of Job’s actual trials. It is also, however, a book with the happiest of all endings and that’s where the big lesson is. James [...]
Posted in Bible, Devotional, Life, People, tagged despair, enemies, fear, jeremiah, prayer on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Bad experiences make us twitchy. The more of them we have, the more we tend to expect them. The more often we fall, the harder it is to look up. The lower we get, the more we need some form of encouragement - someone to give us a reason to be brave. If people cause our bad experiences, people [...]
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