Sometimes we place ourselves between God and others as intercessors. We want to represent the love and care of God towards people. Or we want to bring the cause of people we love before the Lord in prayer. Sometimes we do this in the form of a blessing. A blessing is not prayer, it is …
There was a slogan thrown about the house of King David. “The Blind and the Lame shall not come into this house.” This is not in reference to the temple of God, this is in reference to David’s house. We are told how it originated: 2Sa 5:6-8 And the king and his men went to …
John 8:2-11 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. (3) The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst (4) they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has …
John 2:1-5 Jesus goes to Cana in Galilee, It is halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean sea. Mary and Jesus and his disciples have all been invited to attend, it was likely that the whole town was invited. The typical wedding celebration was not like our celebrations that are a wedding followed …
John the Baptist really sought the increase of Jesus while he himself decreased. He not only called the masses to Behold the Lamb of God, but he pointed his own disciples to do the same. John 1:35-42 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, (36) and he looked at Jesus …
Joh 1:29-34 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (30) This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ (31) I myself did not know him, …
Sometimes we are most tempted to sin after experiencing spiritual high points. Elijah’s hardest moment was after the victory of Mt. Carmel. We think, if we can just overcome the setbacks and get past the failures we will have great victory. Then that victory comes and nothing changes. The hearts of the people of Israel …
Mat 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. (14) John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” (15) But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to …
When Jesus was grown the time came for him to begin his public ministry. In both local Jerusalem politics and internationally with the empire of Rome, this was a time of intrigue as people clamored for power. Tiberius was put in power by his father before he died, and for several years power was transitioned …
We may be curious about Jesus’ early years and what his life was like growing up, but the inspired Scriptures are largely silent on the issue. Only this account in Luke is given. Luk 2:41-52 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. (42) And when he was twelve …
