"The Lord Is My Shepherd," Jesus carrying a sheep over his shoulders, walking in sandles with a happy expression on the ridge of a hill(Luke 15:3-7). "Our Refuge and Strength" (1998). Jesus walking on the water, reaching out to grab the wrist of sinking St. Peter "The Reflection...
Watch too, for the friendship he will display with the antichrist, for they will be two of the most deceitful followers of Satan – dressed in sheep’s clothing. They will have powers, which will seem like the miracles of old, but these powers will be satanic. You must keep in grace ...
When you put together the reference to crucifixion with being girded or tied by another, you realize that this prophecy probably refers to the common Roman practice of tying the cross-piece onto the condemned's man's shoulders prior to the crucifixion, and then, carrying the cross-piece, led...
Now the challenge is on my shoulders. Since, like most Christians I know, I was led in a salvation prayer before I counted the cost of discipleship, I find myself wanting to do good for God’s eternal Kingdom but struggling with my possessions. I no longer want to negotiate with God ...
The fact that Satan was, in this case, God’s agent of destruction has led some to believe that Satan was carrying out his own plan. Not so. This was altogether the determination of God, who is neither advised nor coerced in His decisions concerning His children any more than He was ...
All too often people pray and seek the Lord for answers, whether it is for healing, help, direction, or whatever, and then they go about their day worrying and fretting trying to do it all and figure it all out on their own, carrying a burden that we are not meant to carry. ...
“And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost’” (Luke 15:4-6). ...
away. The English word comes from a Latin word, rapio, which means to seize or snatch or the actual removal from one place to another. In other words, it means to be carried away in spirit or in body. The rapture of the church means the carrying away of the church from earth to ...
I shot Miriam carrying a little black and white sheep. I just gave her the direction to pick up the sheep and carry it and love it. She did so with a lot of grace and tenderness and that little sheep was secure and happy. I did a number of “portrait” shoots of Miriam, just try...
What is it You are carrying upon Your shoulders? It is the cross of shame which You have carried on my behalf. What is this, my Redeemer? What has caused You to consent to this? Could the Great One be disgraced? Could the glorified One be humiliated? Could the exalted One be humbled...