The Burden of this Cross
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. Matthew 16:24 ἀπαρνέομαι aparneomai to forget one’s self lose sight of one’s...
View ArticleGod So Loved…Me…You
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 Oh! What a promise John 3:16 is! God is Love. He loved His...
View ArticleHosea 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
…over and oveR and ovER and oVER and OVER AGAIN! God loves… The children of Israel sin… Hosea shows the love of God for His children, Israel. He also makes it clear just how far Israel strayed from...
View ArticleOffended
“And blessed is the one who is not offended by Me.” Matthew 11:6 Do I question Jesus as to Who He is or what He does? Do I doubt His authority? Does Who He is offend me? Does what He say offend me? I...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of the Cross
Christ crucified! The Wisdom of God For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,… 1 Corinthians 1:22 “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the...
View ArticleThe Free Gift
Resurrection Sunday will be on April 4, 2021. As it nears, I sense, deeply within, the death and resurrection of Christ once again. But we see Him who for a little while was made lower than the...
View ArticleJesus Suffered So For Me
Day after day, week upon week, I suddenly am overwhelmed with with the injustice, the bigotry, the killing of seemingly innocent lives. This past week has been so filled with these heinous acts that I...
View ArticlePure Silence
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted,yet He opened not His mouth;like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,so He opened not His mouth. Isaiah 53:7...
View ArticleTHE Cross, THE Resurrection, and Me
…that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and may share His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Phil...
View ArticleHe Reached Out
We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19 Jesus…born of a woman with a heart, eyes, ears, mouth and so much more…just like me! He was hungry and thirsty. He felt pain. He became tired. Just like...
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