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Tuesday, June 16th, 2015

PETER WEPT BITTERLY Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. – Luke 22:61&62 Peter denied his Lord and Savior and wept bitterly – not because he was ashamed or remorseful, though he was, […]

Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

GOOD WORKS For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  –Ephesians 2:10 We are saved by grace, not good works, so what’s this verse all about? Look at the underlined words. Our job is not to decide what good works we […]

Friday, June 5th, 2015

HERE I AM Come near to God and he will come near to you. –James 4:8 How do we come near to God? Is it through prayer, reading Scripture, or attending a Bible Study? These are all do’s, but I think the Holy Spirit, through James, is telling us that doing follows being. As Oswald […]

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015

LESSON OF THE DAY “Go and do likewise.”  -Luke 10:37 In the lower level of our townhome Wednesday morning, I asked the Lord what His lesson was for me that day. His answer was, “Go and do likewise.” I used my Bible look-up app and found those words at the end of the parable of […]

Saturday, May 30th, 2015

I DON’T KNOW YOU But he will answer, “I don’t know you or where you come from.”  – Luke 13:25 Paul Chambers was meeting with a member of his church who thought he was a noble Christian. After all, he was a regular church-goer, a deacon, a tither, and a doer of this and that […]

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

TWO WORLDS I wrote these words in the margin of my note-taking Bible on January 21, 2014, while reading the 13th chapter of Luke. There is a natural world and a supernatural world, a natural man and a supernatural man. The message of the cross is a supernatural one that has to do with eternity. […]

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

DEFENDING JESUS In the first six verses of the 14th chapter of Luke, Jesus asks the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” In the fourth verse, “They remained silent,” and in the sixth verse, “They had nothing to say.” How is it with you? When it comes […]

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER This story can be found in Luke 8:5-15. I am not the path and not the rock, but sometimes I let the thorns choke off my relationship with God. That is, life’s worries, riches, and pleasures, as the Word says. I desire to be good soil more often. And the […]

Friday, April 24th, 2015

FLIGHTY FOLLOWERS The apostles, who followed Jesus, argued among themselves who was the greatest. James and John wanted to sit at the right and left of Jesus in heaven. They all deserted Jesus when he was arrested, except John. Peter denied Christ three times. And on and on. They were flighty followers at best. Then […]

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

HAVE YOU LOST JESUS? “Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.”  – Luke 2:44&45 Have you ever lost Jesus for a time and then looked for Him in the place where you are. He is not […]