DAY 131 John 15:10 If you keep My commandments [if you continue to obey My instructions], you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father’s commandments and live on in His love. Keeping the commandments is not the same as keeping the law, for from the... Continue Reading →
ARE YOU BEHIND OPEN DOORS?
DAY 109 John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. When you find yourself behind a door that you consider an impediment, you are in a form of ' a prison' because you are hindered from doing... Continue Reading →
WHERE WORDS FADE
DAY 81 Jesus touches today on what it meant to follow examples when He explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does (John 5:19) There is a place for words, and a place... Continue Reading →
LEARN TO DO GOOD
DAY 66 Isaiah 1:16-17b “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, There is always this conversation going on about innate ability and things that one learns how to do because we are not born with. Topics... Continue Reading →
BRING FORTH YOUR STRONG REASON
DAY 62 Matthew 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Whenever a case exists in the hands of an accuser, the recommendation Jesus offers is... Continue Reading →
ESTABLISHING MOTIVES
DAY 48 A brief extract from one commentary about today's text read "Whatever the occasion, we aspire to be at the top of the pack, looked up to by the masses".One might think this relates to the attainment of mastery, but it is far from it. Instead of a rise to the top being driven... Continue Reading →
TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS
DAY 43 Matthew 5:25 Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. Think of... Continue Reading →
IN THE BEGINNING, GOD
DAY 37 When the earth was notably void and without form, the Spirit of a God hovered the waters and then God spoke 'let there be light'. That was the voice of order. Therefore formlessness, emptiness, chaos, nothingness, and fruitlessness have nothing to do with God. Another statement catches attention. It is the opening words... Continue Reading →
WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW
363/365 Luke 2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. It is interesting to know that Mary and Joseph, who had received specific details about who Jesus would be from an angelic source, were oblivious of the revelation Simeon brought. They were quite surprised. There are somethings about... Continue Reading →