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It’s All About Jesus

What is your understanding of the Bible? Do you know what it is about? Do you know who it is about? Have you ever thought the Bible is a saga across thousands of years telling the story of God and His desire to save each of us? When we first start to learn about GodContinue reading “It’s All About Jesus”

Seek Understanding

Have you experienced doubts about the Scripture? Do you need someone who can help explain it to you? Have you asked someone to help you understand? Do you know someone you can trust to explain it well? Scripture can be challenging to understand when you first start reading it. It can appear to be fragmented,Continue reading “Seek Understanding”

The Thomas Reaction

What is your reaction to Jesus? Do you react at all? Do you still wrestle with doubts about Him? Have you allowed your doubts to keep you away from Him? Have you chosen to know more about Him or walk away from Him? Each person reacts differently to Jesus. Yet, there are only two generalContinue reading “The Thomas Reaction”

Christ is Risen!

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Yes, Jesus rose on that long ago Easter morning. He conquered death. He rose to visit with the women and His disciples before He ascended to heaven. All were astonished, even though He had told them this would happen. God works in amazing ways. He sends angels toContinue reading “Christ is Risen!”

Promised Resurrection

Do you ever wonder if the resurrection is real? Have you thought how it is contrary to our human understanding of life and death? Does your questioning the resurrection affect your faith in Jesus Christ? Would you like to be confident in the resurrection? Bodily resurrection seems odd to us. It doesn’t appear to beContinue reading “Promised Resurrection”

Abandoned

Do you sometimes wonder if you are loved? Have you felt broken and empty? Have you done something you know is wrong and thinking you will never be forgiven? Have you heard the word of Jesus? This world can be filled with difficulties. We may feel abandoned at times. Those we thought cared for usContinue reading “Abandoned”

Sleeping Again?

Have you ever been in a tough spot? Have you had friends who said they would be with you every step of the way? Have you been frustrated or disappointed when they didn’t do what needed to be done to support you? Live long enough and we find ourselves in a tough spot. There willContinue reading “Sleeping Again?”

Messenger from God

How accepting are you? Are you willing to accept other people into your life? Are you willing to accept a message from someone you don’t know? Someone you do know? Have you thought the person may be sent by God? We have heard that God works in mysterious ways. Unfortunately, we often only say thatContinue reading “Messenger from God”

Jesus Wept Over You

Would you like to know the future? Do you wish you could better identify the outcomes of possible choices before you made them? Would you make different choices if you had the opportunity to do so? We like to think we would make better choices if we had known the outcome beforehand. As we lookContinue reading “Jesus Wept Over You”

Are You Lost

Have you lost your way? An overwhelming and vast majority of people will say “No.” What I have witnessed and even experienced myself is that we more often than not don’t realize we have lost our way. We either believe we are doing just fine or we are comfortable lying to ourselves and others byContinue reading “Are You Lost”