“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 NLT I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately, mostly about psychology and how our brains and minds work. One book mentioned that we as parents, can be a buffer for our children. To be a buffer for…
“The angel of God that had been leading the camp of Israel now shifted and got behind them. And the Pillar of Cloud that had been in front also shifted to the rear. The Cloud was now between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. The Cloud enshrouded one camp in darkness and flooded the other with light. The two camps didn’t come near each other all night” Exodus 14:19-20 MSG We often sing songs in church that tell of God going before us, behind us, and around us. We read scripture that explains that we are never alone and that He fights on our behalf. When the going gets rough though, and we are in the trenches of difficult seasons, we often tend to become distracted by the chaos and forget that He is for us. The Angel that had been leading the Israelites out of Egypt (in front of them) shifted and got behind them, as did the Pillar of Cloud. What was leading them disappeared from their direct line of sight, and I imagine panic and a sense of abandonment began to creep in. There were formidable waters in front of them and a determined,…
“Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.” Luke 24:1-3 I serve a risen Saviour, He’s in the world today I know that He is living, whatever men may say I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer And just the time I need Him He’s always near He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me and talks with me Along life’s narrow way He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Salvation to impart You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart. Life began in a garden when God breathed life into Adam. Adam and Eve yielded to temptation and brought sin into the world. They had to leave the beautiful Garden of Eden where God had walked and talked with them. New life also began in a garden on that first Easter morning when Jesus walked out…
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” Psalms 1:1-2 “Once from my poor sin-sick soul, Christ did ev’ry burden roll, Now I walk redeemed and whole, Hand in hand with Jesus. Hand in hand we walk each day, Hand in hand along the way; Walking thus I cannot stray, Hand in hand with Jesus.” I recently read a story about…
“Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.” John 19:16-18 “On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame; and I love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it some day for a crown.” Why do they call this Friday good? “That terrible Friday has been called Good Friday because it led to the Resurrection of Jesus and his victory over death and sin and the celebration of Easter, the very pinnacle of Christian celebrations,” the Huffington Post reported. For the people gathered around the cross it did not seem like a “good” Friday. For Mary, the mother of Jesus, it was a day she would never…
“Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.” John 15:15 What a friend we have in Jesus All our sins and griefs to bear What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit O what needless pain we bear All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer What is a friend? The answer to this question in Google is: “A friend is your buddy, your pal, your amigo, your comrade. You know, someone you trust and like enough to hang out with regularly.” In the world of social media, it seems that a lot of people strive to build up a network of so-called friends. Often, they are people they have never met, do not know anything about, and have nothing in common with except being on the same site with them. Are they friends or even acquaintances? According to the above description of a friend, they do not qualify. In John 15, Jesus called His disciples “friends.” They had been…