Whatever is True

Baptism – the Stripping Off of Your Flesh, Raised as a New Creation

The Good News:  There has been a death and a resurrection When someone dies all of life, for those left behind changes.  Is that true for us, and how we live, in light of, and after Jesus’ death and resurrection?  Has life gone on as if it didn’t happen?  Are we living in the knowledge […]

Mountain Pass

Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you.  I Peter 4:12 In our faith walks, or rather climbs, we are all called to ascend the mountain, and on the […]

When Judas Quit the Race

When Judas Quit the Race I believe Judas, like the rest of the Israelites, were expecting the Messiah to establish an earthly reign.  I also believe he thought he could manipulate the fulfillment of prophecy by forcing Jesus to rise to power by placing Jesus in a situation of arrest. Judas believed his interpretation of […]

God Uses a Bunion As An Object Lesson

God Uses a Bunion As An Object Lesson I started developing a bunion a few months back. It has grown quite large in a short amount of time.  A bunion is when the big toe leans toward the second toe, rather than pointing straight ahead because the ligament has slipped off the joint and is […]

Stretched for Jesus

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death […]

The Rock: Messiah

16 And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as ONE man.” 19 So Gideon went into his house and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah[b] of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a […]

Faithful: Messiah

You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.  Who then is faithful, thoughtful, and a wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household to give to others food and supplies at the proper time?  Blessed is the […]

Righteousness Brings Peace

Righteousness brings peace.  Pray for peace.  #thegiftoflight Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.  Isaiah 26;12 Peace I leave with you.  My peace I give you.  John 14:27 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he […]

Rest in the Lord

The people who survive the sword will find favor in the desert; I will come to give rest to Israel.  Jeremiah 31:2 May God himself, the God of peace sanctify you through and through.  May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  The one who […]

Tree of Life

#standlikeatree #eatthebread #drinkthecup #becomeafisherofmen 23 When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink Marah’s water because it was bitter. That’s why it was called Marah.[b] 24 The people complained against Moses, “What will we drink?” 25 Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord pointed out a tree to him. He threw it into […]