“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28 KJV). These wordsContinue reading “Finding Peace and Intense Joy”
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Believe! Part 2
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8:11 KJV). More than twenty miles from Capernaum, on a tableland overlooking the wide, beautiful plain ofContinue reading “Believe! Part 2”
Believe!
“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.“But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by theContinue reading “Believe!”
Sabbath Work: Lawful, Joyful
“But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work” (John 5:17 KJV). “Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of theContinue reading “Sabbath Work: Lawful, Joyful”
Show me a sign! vs Speak the Word only!
“Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe” (John 4:48 KJV). “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever” (Isaiah 40:8 KJV). The Galileans who returned from the Passover brought back the report of the wonderful works of Jesus. TheContinue reading “Show me a sign! vs Speak the Word only!”
Finding Jesus
“He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.“And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone” (John 1:41, 42Continue reading “Finding Jesus”
Escaping Temptation
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded” (James 4:7, 8 KJV). Often when Satan has failed of exciting distrust, he succeeds in leading us to presumption.Continue reading “Escaping Temptation”