Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:20-21. Can we let that Scripture sit deep…

I wanted to share today the blessing of the parable of the sower which is so worth reading. (Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15). Jesus said, “I am the true vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do…

Last night in our Midweek Encounter, we practiced Lectio Divina which is reading a particular Scripture several times to let God impart understanding we wouldn’t glean with just a quick read-through. I loved The Message translation of 1 John 3:1-3: What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it – we’re…

You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11. How can we begin to comprehend that everything exists because God creates? I asked Him in prayer last night did He know the joy I would find…

We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16. After I read our chapter today, Nehemiah 9, I read in Hearing God: As F. B. Meyer wrote in The Secret of Guidance, “The (written) Word is the wire along which…

Happy are the people whose God is the Lord! Psalm 144:15. There is something beautiful in this chapter, Nehemiah 8. The people have gathered together desiring to be taught. Ezra read from the book of the Law. They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so…

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5. This morning in our prayer group we talked about how we discern God’s voice talking with us, what does that sound like…how do we know…

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24. Just before I woke up fully this morning, I heard that question – Will a man rob God? God asks that question of us. “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob,…

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17. One of the reasons I love this book of…

Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.…