The importance of understanding God shows up everywhere in Scripture, including this well-known exchange between Jesus and a scribe: One of the scribes came and …. asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?” Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; …
No human being can understand all there is to know about God. However, God’s Word is chock full of admonitions for us to seek understanding! The book of Proverbs alone is like a broken record on the subject. I could write many pages listing all God’s complaints in the Bible …
If you read the Bible, you know you are supposed to seek God’s will. “God’s Word” is basically a synonym for wisdom from God. The truth of God is rightfully held in esteem as THE truth. I’m quite sure you already seek God’s will, read His Word, and value His …
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to …
Those who read my books or hear me speak about God and His ways often hear about the abundant life Jesus offers to those who follow Him: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10, …
This Father wants a genuine love relationship with His redeemed children, not just to be the Lord of people who follow His rules. This Father is seeking true sons and daughters who adore him, admire him, need him, long to please him, and can’t bear to be apart from him. …
One by one, as your Spirit revealed them, Jesus committed to memory every detail predicted for his torture. He didn’t shrink away from the horror, the unfair treatment, the betrayal. Instead, his focus was to know, embrace, and do his part to fulfill all that would happen to bring His …
Because the Psalmist so often gives words to my own heart’s experience, I read the verses as if they were mine, to personalize them. Or as we like to say, “take them to heart.” The following is what that looks like for Psalm 116 — part of the morning devotional …
Lord, you are my bread, the nourishment for my soul and spirit. You allow me to hunger; sometimes you even create it. Like all hunger, it makes me restless. Nothing satisfies that restlessness in my soul until I find a quiet place, and be still with you. Not a mindless …
In the course of sharing life with God the Spirit, He changed my heart towards people. Instead of just trying to cope with them, endure them, and change them for my comfort (and their good, of course) — I found myself wanting to love and nourish them. Because God has …
