Matthew 11:28-30 (New Living Translation) 28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 […]
Entries from February 2019
The (light) Burden of Salvation
February 24th, 2019 · No Comments
Tags: Matthew · New Testament
God Knows We Need Them, but
February 23rd, 2019 · No Comments
Luke 12:29-30 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 29 Don’t keep striving for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious. 30 For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Jesus is speaking in these verses. He has just finished describing the birds […]
Tags: Luke · New Testament
Let Us not be the Reason
February 17th, 2019 · No Comments
Luke 19:36-40 (New Living Translation) 36 As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him. 37 When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the […]
Tags: Luke · New Testament
Afraid of Jesus
February 16th, 2019 · No Comments
Luke 8:34-35 (New Living Translation) 34 When the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. 35 People rushed out to see what had happened. A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been freed from the demons. He […]
Tags: Luke · New Testament
The Letter and the Prayer
February 10th, 2019 · No Comments
Isaiah 37:14-15a (New Living Translation) 14 After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed… The enemy was at the gates. There was no natural way that they would be repelled. Isaiah went into the […]
Tags: Isaiah · Old Testament
Eating with Sinners (of all people)
February 9th, 2019 · No Comments
Luke 15:1-2 (New Living Translation) 1 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. 2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them! Once again we have a case where Jesus didn’t seem to know how to […]
Tags: Luke · New Testament
Silent but Active Faith
February 3rd, 2019 · No Comments
Luke 7:50 (New Living Translation) And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” This verse is the conclusion of the (hi)story of a certain immoral woman who came to Jesus. She poured expensive perfume on the feet of Jesus and cleaned his feet with her hair. Although there is […]
Tags: Luke · New Testament
A Christian’s Generosity
February 2nd, 2019 · No Comments
Philemon verse 6 (New Living Translation) And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ. Philemon, the recipient of this letter, is a Christian. His “faith” mentioned above is a belief in Jesus as […]
Tags: New Testament · Philemon