Grace and Peter in his denial of Jesus

Matthew 26:33-35: “But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.” Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You.”…

Do we know how forgiven and guilt-free we really are?

“For He rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins…And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present…

Taking your thoughts captive

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians…

Revelation 3:14-16 – What it means to be hot or cold

“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: ‘I know your deeds that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.’” You have likely heard these verses…

More about the man sick for 38 years in John 5

This post is a continuation of the previous post. “The healing in John 5” (you might want to read that before reading this) is about the man who had been sick for 38 years that Jesus healed, right in the place of his sickness and when healing seemed impossible. The Holy Spirit records for us…

The healing of the man sick for 38 years – John 5

“Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes (porches or colonnades). In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, (waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons…

Unanswered prayer – Mt 26:36-46, Mk 14:32-42, Lk 22:39-46

How does unanswered prayer relate to receiving? There’s a connection, and a strong one. One of the main reasons we pray is to receive something. We ask for something we need/want, knock on a door we’d like to see open, seek opportunity we currently don’t have. It takes humility to admit we can’t get something…

1 John 3:18-22 – Love in deed and truth

“My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And by this, we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. Beloved, if our…

Psalm 125:1 – what trusting God means

“Those that trust in the Lord are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.” Psalm 125:1 What does trusting God really mean?  I used to read this verse and many verses like it, and come away feeling as if I would never be able to trust God enough to feel the sort…

Romans 5 – the grace of our salvation

In the book of Romans, chapter 5:6-8 it says this: “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in…