September 21, 2020 • 2 years ago
God works through Joseph
It had been almost 40 years since Joseph was sold into slavery by his own brothers, his own flesh and blood. His father Jacob was now dead, a father who loved him dearly in his early years. But for a significant portion of those 40 years, Joseph didn't get to enjoy that love because he had been sold into slavery and forced into a new life in Egypt.
- Old Testament
- Genesis
- Love
- Enemies
- Joseph
September 16, 2020 • 2 years ago
God's Promise to Abraham
It had been ten years since God first promised Abram that he would become a nation that would exist to bless other nations and a lot can happen in ten years.
- Old Testament
- Genesis
- Abraham
- Covenant
September 08, 2020 • 2 years ago
Creation and Fall
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And God filled the world with all sorts of life.
- Old Testament
- Genesis
- Creation
- Fall
January 19, 2020 • 3 years ago
Parable of the Sower, the Growing Seed, and the Mustard Seed
Those who wanted to listen could understand. Those who didn't want to understand didn't. Jesus was planting seeds among the people that day. It would be snatched from some. Others weren't ready to hear it. But for the ones that were, a Jesus kingdom of forgiveness and love began growing in thier life.
- New Testament
- Mark
- Parable
- Seed
January 13, 2020 • 3 years ago
The Call of Levi
Jesus sees Levi, a man no one trusts, sitting at his stand on the shore of Galilee and he says to him, "Come Follow Me." How could Jesus do such a thing? Tax collectors were lumped into the same category as murderers and thieves.
- New Testament
- Mark
- Calling
- Love
- invitation
January 05, 2020 • 3 years ago
Jesus Begins his Ministry
You've got to wonder if what Jesus told the leper was all in jest because the leper couldn't keep his mouth shut. He couldn't help but go and tell everyone what Jesus had done for him. It's as if Jesus infected the leper with something way more contagious than leprosy. Jesus had infected him with hope that leads to love.
- New Testament
- Mark
- Compassion
- Jesus
- Prayer
- Leper
December 29, 2019 • 3 years ago
Unworthy of the Good News but Invited Anyway
A new wilderness prophet has arrived speaking on behalf of God but he knows he's unworthy to even take off the sandals of Jesus. And he's just the start of a long line of people who are unworthy to follow Jesus but Jesus extends an invitation to walk with him anyway.
- New Testament
- Mark
- Invitation
- Follow
- Jesus
- John
- Baptism
December 24, 2019 • 3 years ago
Birth of Jesus
Nearby, some shepherds were tending to their flocks. And while Caesar Augustus made his royal court in Rome, God had decided to make his royal court the fields where these shepherds lay. Caesar Augustus may have proclaimed a census from Rome but God would make his proclamation that the Messiah had entered the world by sending his messenger angels to the least likely and the oft forgotten.
- New Testament
- Luke
- Jesus
- Birth of Jesus
- Shepherds
December 18, 2019 • 3 years ago
God in the Silence - Zechariah's Song of Praise
God was about to speak into the silence but it would be more than just words this time. Zechariah's doubt would be turned upside down. The people's assumption that Elizabeth's barrenness was a curse would be proved false. John would bring them both great joy. Even their neighbors would celebrate all throughout the hills.
- New Testament
- Luke
- Silence
- Zechariah
- Elizabeth
December 09, 2019 • 3 years ago
Misplaced Hope
The temple was never designed to bring life. It was God in the temple that brings life. But now it's Jesus, God made flesh, that will be the glory of Israel, a light to the Gentiles, the Messiah who brings life.
- Old Testament
- Ezra
- Cyrus
- Exile
- Jerusalem