Bible Study

Or girl!!  Actually, be one.  Check it out: This is a super interesting word.  It defies a one word synonym.  In fact, in a biblical word comparison, the following verses show it can encompass various terms: Insight Prov 4:6 Knowledge Prov 18:15 Experience Job 12:12 Understanding Prov 3:13 Intelligence Prov 17:27 Heavenly James 1:5 Then,…

Well, neither are easy.  I’m not qualified to tell anyone to forgive.  The only qualified Being who can say this is God. You and I have been sinned against, there’s no dispute there. I’ve experienced and I’ve seen and I’ve been told some of the most horrible things that are senseless. Now, if I were…

  When you are in distress or desperate, anybody who comes to you with good news about that situation has beautiful feet.  On a spiritual level, anyone who comes with Word of the Gospel has the most beautiful feet.  That does not mean that the recipient will be receptive.  But that was never the responsibility…

Everybody needs it.  I can guarantee that I will be depending on it today and everyday that I am still here. I know that even if I make every effort, I will sin in some way.  Even if I don’t “commit” the sin, my thought life and my heart are guilty because I judge people…

He isn’t quick to condemn.  He is fixated on saving everybody.  Every single one.  That means he is using all of his resources to reveal the truth to us.  I am a witness of this.  I lived in a place that is susceptible to earthquakes.  After a large, devastating quake, that destroyed various buildings and…

But I was.  I was very disappointed and I stopped believing.  It was the summer and I was 12 years old.  My parents were heavy alcoholics.  My dad was a teacher and appeared to be fully functioning, but he would drink at home, drink on the road, and usually spend a significant amount of the…

Here on earth, the merry go round keeps going.  You can’t ask everybody to stop so you can re-calibrate or catch up.  You have to keep going.  The obligations, and responsibilities are there.  Meanwhile, there IS respite.  You can look up. You can stop for a moment, even if life keeps going, and you can…

Death has never been more appealing!  Jesus made this statement and because he did, mankind has hope. We have conquered mountains, space and even each other.  But man has never conquered death. Anyone who decides to follow Jesus, dies to themselves, and kills off their self interested life.  They are born again to a new…

Without Jesus, we will absolutely face anxiety, fear, conflict insecurity, distrust, doubt and it will tear us to pieces. That is why Jesus is our peace. He bridges the gap. He overcomes those things so that he is our calm, courage, harmony, security, trust, faith. He is it. I have no desire to confront life…

He has. He continues even today. He does great things on a micro and macro level daily. The great things that occur at even the the tiniest time intervals are amazing. I don’t know that our minds are capable of really capturing the understanding of how truly great his works are. I told someone once,…