This is an amazing statement. It means that God has a plan for our lives and that we should walk in His will and fulfill His plan. Paul is not talking about “kismet”—an impersonal fate that controls your life no matter what you may do. He is talking about the gracious plan of a...
Another reason for a peace/freewill/thanksgiving/votive offering may have been a prosperous harvest or the birth of a healthy child. We can imagine a worshiper vowing to the Lord that, if He blessed him with a healthy child, he would make a special sacrifice or offering. The votive offer...
They all had the same lifestyle.They all spoke the same language.They all had the same traditions.They all celebrated the same holidays.They shopped, worshipped, worked, and socialized together.If someone found themselves in a difficult situation, their church family was there for them.They we...
Do you remember that later that same day Jesus prayed and said: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Now this raises a question. Not simply a rhetorical question. It deserves a carefully considered answer: “If the Person against whom the sin is committed asks ...
I reread my article several times to decide if it was applicable for this format. Since the information was promoting health advantages, I quickly engaged the Holy Spirit. I asked Him if the Bible had anything to say about vinegar. A flood gate opened and I saw Jesus suffering on the cros...
When Jesus prayed for His disciples and all believers in John 17, he prayed to the Father these words: Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. John 17:17 At the time Jesus prayed this prayer, the New Testament had not been created. Paul had not been converted. Jesus was refe...
“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who willbelieve in Me through their word;that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You” John 17:9, 20 In this prayer, Jesus also refers back to his pre-existence when he prayed, ...
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. We have also a more ...
13Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I lea...
Just this morning, one of the devotionals that a group of us read by Max Lucado. I responded to the question Max put forth that went something like this: will you be prepared to reply when the time comes for you to respond about your faith that could mean your death, as it did for...