Tag: obedience

  • What do you need?

    What do you need?

    One of the most often celebrated miracles of Jesus is the feeding of the 5,000 men (which actually implies that there were far more people present than just 5,000).   However, what if we examined this event not from the “satisfaction of our bellies”, but from the standpoint of praising God for what He knew would…

  • He is Good!

    He is Good!

    The ministry works & incredible obedience of Jesus, emphasized by His own testimony of who He is, must encourage the Christian today to be bold and faithful because He is our Lord!  Given as an incredible gift from God, He brings strength to those who follow Him because in His hands rests all authority, judgment,…

  • Everything matters!

    Everything matters!

    Obedience to God is a requirement if we are ever to see any results in our life. Whether it is our prayer life, our witnessing, how we act on the job, our relationships with family, and even the things we might consider “mundane” … if we are not beginning all of these with obedience to…

  • Share Your Gift!

    Share Your Gift!

    The gift of eternal life is simply what that: it is a GIFT! Jesus’s encounter with a woman at a well in Samaria is a pivotal conversation to learn from because it shows the readiness, the availability, and the simplicity of the proclamation of the Gospel. However, for Jesus, we might think this would be…

  • Would you follow?

    Would you follow?

    Remember when you first heard about Jesus and what He could do for you?  What was your initial response?   In John 1 we see the response of two men, devoted to following John the Baptist, willingly leaving to follow Jesus because they knew they must!  It was almost as if something within their soul told them that…