Jesus is in the Boat
Let’s talk about Matthew 8:23-27, the story Jesus Calms the Storm. A quick recap – Jesus is asleep in a boat during a raging storm and his frightened disciples awaken him while shouting “We’re going to drown!” Jesus replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds […]
Is Your God Able?
Daniel found himself in the company of a bunch of hungry lions. He had been thrown into their den, but he slept like a baby that night. King Darius stayed up all night, pacing back and forth in confusion and concern. At dawn, he rushed to the lions’ den, and shouted, “Daniel, servant of the […]
How Great the Debt
As a believer in Jesus Christ, you are cleared of all the guilt you could justly be charged with because of your sin; you are freed from the prison of eternal damnation. You are no longer a slave; you are set free from the bondage of the law (Why did we have the law in […]
Into the Light
I lived much of my life believing that Christian faith was a private matter, something I kept to myself or spoke of only when in the comfortable company of like believers. I failed to recognize then that one of my principal responsibilities as a Christian was to live and act as a representative of God. […]
Dirty Laundry
I have dirty laundry. In some cases, badly soiled, stained, and ripped laundry. I am sixty-five years old and in that time I have made many mistakes, committed many sins, used others for my benefit, conducted myself carelessly and selfishly, and hurt or disappointed people along the way. The downside of being sixty-five years old […]
Today
Matthew 6:27 and 34 are rather weighty verses: “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” and “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” I think this encourages us to get right with God today, do not […]
Which path?
Someone once asked me what happened to cause me to become more interested in God and the church, and what motivated the growth of my faith. I answered that although I had long lived a rebellious life, God was nearly always on my mind. One day, in a frightening moment of confronting my moral failures, […]
Stand Still
This is God’s command to the believer when he is under great stress and facing extraordinary difficulties, when he can do nothing to change his pressing circumstances: Stand still. It is good to listen only to God’s word in difficult times, for then evil and darkness whisper the coward’s words, “Give up, go back to […]
Jesus Always Wins
The Enemy constantly tries to make us think of ourselves instead of Jesus. The Enemy taunts us with “Your sins are too great to be forgiven; you have no faith; you do not repent enough; you do not know the love of Jesus.” The Enemy is always at work to stir us to doubt our […]