Throughout their journeys, God provided all the Israelites needed. They had miraculous food everyday, and water flowed for them out of a rock. Their sandals did not wear out, even though they were walking through hot deserts for years (Deuteronomy 29:2-6). They saw the pillar of cloud and fire every day and night, and GodContinue reading “Love is the Basis of Faith”
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Will Jesus Find Faith?
“When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8) Jesus told a parable about a woman who was being harassed by an evil person. The woman sought justice from a judge. The judge wouldn’t help her for a while, but the woman kept knocking at his door and didn’tContinue reading “Will Jesus Find Faith?”
Sympathy
Jesus sympathizes with us (Hebrews 4:15). He feels the same things we do – if we’re sad, Jesus is sad. If we’re happy, he is happy. He shares in our emotional state. Jesus is able to sympathize with us because he took on our flesh (Hebrews 2:16-18). He went through what we did while heContinue reading “Sympathy”
The Power of Jesus’ Name
This is a message from Matthew: The name of Jesus is central to the Christian faith. It represents not only the identity of the Savior but also His divine authority, power, and ability to transform lives. Throughout Scripture, we see that Jesus’ name holds unparalleled significance, offering believers access to God’s power, healing, salvation, andContinue reading “The Power of Jesus’ Name”
True Satisfaction is Found Only in God
Jesus calls out to the people of the world – If you are hungry or thirsty, come to me and be satisfied (Isaiah 55:1). The only one who can truly satisfy us is God. Everything else in the world will leave our souls empty. God calls out to the poor of the world – ifContinue reading “True Satisfaction is Found Only in God”
The Lord is Our Strength and Song
When the Israelites came through the Red Sea, the water was a wall on both sides of them, and they walked through on dry land. The Egyptian army chasing after them was drowned. This was an astounding miracle. After this, they said, “God is our strength and our song, and he has become our salvation”Continue reading “The Lord is Our Strength and Song”
Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
One of the basic things the Lord requires of us is to be merciful (Micah 6:8). We are to be as merciful as God, and God is very merciful (Luke 6:36). Jesus said that mercy is more important than sacrifice (Matthew 12:7). Living religion is more important than dead religion, and caring for people isContinue reading “Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment”
Dangerous Desires
In the beginning, God placed Adam in a beautiful garden. This garden was full of delicious fruits, beautiful plants and flowers, precious stones, and rivers. God also planted a unique tree in this garden – the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was aContinue reading “Dangerous Desires”
God Sees Us
Hagar had a hard life. She was a servant who lived in a tent with her nomadic masters. She was used as a surrogate mother by her employers, and she became pregnant by her boss. After Hagar became pregnant, there was strife in the family, and her boss’s wife became envious. She had regrets forContinue reading “God Sees Us”
True Humility
Humility is one of the most important virtues of the Christian life. The world doesn’t understand true humility because it is contrary to the world’s way of doing things. We can’t learn humility from the world. We must learn it from God. Our word humility in English does not fully capture all the different meaningsContinue reading “True Humility”
WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS THERE IS LIBERTY
“The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty” (2 Corinthians 3:17). The Lord Jesus Christ became a life-giving Spirit after rising from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:45). After his resurrection he came to his people by the Holy Spirit. He still comes to us today by theContinue reading “WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS THERE IS LIBERTY”
A Steady Diet of God’s Word
At the end of the age, some Christians will not be faithful to God, and as a result they will face a famine of God’s word (Amos 8:11). When God’s people face a famine of his word, they become spiritually weak. The word of God is the spiritual food that we need in order toContinue reading “A Steady Diet of God’s Word”
The Spiritual Aroma of a Christian
The Bible says that faithful Christians produce a spiritual aroma. This fragrant aroma produced by Christians is the smell of Christ, and this smell is pleasing to God. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For weContinue reading “The Spiritual Aroma of a Christian”
Overcoming Discouragement by Walking Forward in God
God says to strengthen the hands which hang down and the feeble knees (Hebrews 12:12). Spiritually, when a person’s hands hang down and he has feeble knees, he is discouraged, tired, or might even be wanting to give up. Hands do things. When a person has weak hands, he doesn’t do the things that heContinue reading “Overcoming Discouragement by Walking Forward in God”
Gentleness
God has many characteristics like power, holiness, love, and glory. We can draw on these divine characteristics in order to become like Jesus. His Spirit is inside us. So when we feel weak, we can draw strength from Christ who can do all things. When we need wisdom, we can get it from God becauseContinue reading “Gentleness”
