As I read my Bible, I am always on the hunt to discover the heart of God. Not just the history, the rules, or even the promises — wonderful as they are — but things that reveal the core of God’s being. Also, when we start getting close to Advent, …
It was one of those days: I didn’t feel like a woman in ministry, I felt like a juggler. Tense from head to toe, mind rushing ahead to everything I needed to accomplish that day, and even Jesus was on my TO DO list. Counseling, cooking, housework, writing assignments, watering …
More than any other book in the New Testament, the gospel of John drives home the fact that our relationship with God should be a deeply satisfying one. Jesus repeatedly spoke of man’s hunger and thirst, promising they would be satisfied: Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, …
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” Genesis 28:16 (NASB) Jesus often reveals himself in your rear view mirror. Sometimes you don’t recognize that he was in a certain place with you until you get a …
Jesus promises to show himself to those who obey him as an act of love: Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” …
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them. John 14:21 “I will show myself to them.“ How does Jesus show himself to the …
He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love …
The New Testament Greek writers used one of two words in referring to the Word or words of God: logos or rhema. It is helpful to know the difference and what they each reveal about how God communicates to the Christian believer. Our book, Can I Really Hear God? includes …
I came to God dragging my heels because I feared becoming one of those religious folks who have lots of rules to follow and a life full of church activity and no fun. Shallow and selfish, I know, but that’s the truth of who I was then. I wanted, as …
When I first determined to live by the Greatest Commandment, to love God with all my might, I searched for how to do that. How do you go about loving God? Was it all about church attendance and tithing and prayer and study of God’s Word? That is the easy …
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:37-38 I had been a Christian about three years when I became terribly convicted about one particular thing: I did not love God. …
I always appreciate learning more about how to pray, how to talk to God. Especially when troubled, or in trouble. As I often say, the Psalms are chock full of great examples, even conversations between God and His child. Psalm 4 is yet another pattern for prayer. Again, this is …
