We often hear people say ‘It’s all about God,” but I have been pondering on this. Does God want us to make it all about Him, and what does the Bible tell us? In the beginning, God lovingly created us and gave us everything we could ever need. He gave us food, beauty in…
Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Isaiah 58:13-14 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not…
The Old Testament speaks about the Messiah who would come from the line of David and Jesse (David’s father). Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in…
Matthew 5 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in Spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted….
When Jesus started his ministry, he called several people to follow him. Matthew tells us that Jesus saw Peter and Andrew fishing and said, “follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”. And the Bible tells us not just that they followed him but that they immediately followed him (Matthew 4:18-22). It…
From the beginning, God blessed Adam and gave him reign over the earth. Then the test came. The snake brought an opportunity for him to choose God. It was Adam’s opportunity to show his faithfulness to God, but he failed. He failed to trust God. (Genesis 3:13) This template can be seen repeatedly throughout…
Matthew 14:22-33 22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there…
Jonah 1:1-3 1 Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a…
When we think of the book of Jonah, we think of the big fish, and we can easily overlook this book. I have been learning that there is much more than what we expect in the book of Jonah. Today I look at one small aspect of it. I decided to highlight every instance…
I have been learning about this method of studying scripture by looking for common words and themes as I read. I was reading Psalm 101 and noticed something interesting. This seems simple, but the author used the words ‘will’ or ‘shall’ in every line of the Psalm. I think this tells us something. According…