Do you like to forgive? Do you enjoy it when you need forgiveness? God calls us to both—to forgive and be forgiven. But He doesn’t stop there. He calls us one step beyond forgiveness. However, we must first forgive before we can go one step beyond forgiveness. We know we…
“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.” Psalm 30:11-12, KJV…
Focus Verses: Luke 10:38-42, John 11:1-44 Martha and Mary are two sisters with two personalities and two stories in the Bible. It’s interesting to study who chose to record their stories and learn more about the writer. THE WRITER, LUKE If you read the Gospels in the order they appear…
The power of ONE voice—to an audience of ONE. We are well familiar with the third book of the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke. But who was Luke? He certainly was not one of The Twelve. Though he likely had a close relationship with at least some of His…
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NKJV) When we hear the word “season,” we typically think about yearly seasons—spring, summer, fall, and winter. In the South, where I live, seasons are often discussed as hunting, fishing, football,…
The day after Christmas, I enthusiastically challenged my nine-year-old grandson to a game of bowling. The standup video kind. We were having a blast—he was winning—until something caused me to lose my footing, and I went down. I apparently tried to break my fall with my arm, but instead I…
Joshua 6:17 tells us the story of Rahab, a prostitute living in Jericho. She was an outcast by society, but one good decision transformed her reproach into heroism. We don’t know much about her past. We don’t have any record of why she chose prostitution. But we do know that…
“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of…
Focus Verse: “Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah.” (Psalm 77:9, NKJV) Do the words from Psalms sound familiar—perhaps because you’ve said something similar to this yourself? When troubles come and we struggle to understand, it’s easy to ask, “Where are…