Nothing Wasted
I am still looking at my hands. It happened through me, but it certainly wasn’t me. I have no idea how it really happened. I just know one thing, I’ll follow Him anywhere.
I am still looking at my hands. It happened through me, but it certainly wasn’t me. I have no idea how it really happened. I just know one thing, I’ll follow Him anywhere.
What were you doing that morning? Did you have any idea, even by the end of the day all that God had in store with you through that fateful encounter?
What have I given up for the sake of Christ?
There is a watchful eye that sees all and a presence that understands the fullness of my experience.
The best thing you can do in a situation where someone seems to dislike you for no reason at all is to love them like Jesus loved us.
A brief time with God before bed and an extended one with Him early in the morning is the best way to make sure He stays first in my life.
Try to imagine a world without emotion. It is hard, nearly impossible. Imagine looking at a sunrise or a sunset and not seeing color. Imagine black and white everywhere.
Like the crowds who followed Jesus, the crowds who are hearing and reading Joel Osteen are all coming for the wrong reasons. They have the wrong motivations.
But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face, and you do not have his…
Am I like Eli’s sons, or am I like Samuel? Have I used my leadership positions and roles for my own greedy gain, or am I truly a servant?
Thirst is just a fact of life. Just like hunger, it comes and goes. When I satisfy the need, it goes away… for a time. This is true now, it was true two thousand years ago and it will be true into the future for as long as people inhabit the earth. So when Jesus spoke about drinking water that will take away your thirst forever, it almost seems impossible to imagine.
Jesus spoke to demons and they fled. He spoke to dead girls and they sat up. He spoke to blind eyes, and they opened. He spoke to lepers and they were cured. He gave thanks to God and five thousand men (plus uncounted women and children) were fed from one little kid’s snack. Jesus speaks to sinners and they are forgiven. He is still speaking.
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” (John 3:3-4) Read: Judges 17:1 – 18:31, John 3:1-21, Psalm 104:1-23, Proverbs 14:20-21 Relate: I…
When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over. “A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive…
For the sake of a little peace and quiet, I caved in. I compromised my values.