God answers this prayer and the Bible records it as mercy. Nobody deserves mercy. If you deserve it, it is no longer mercy but a right. Mercy is never a right. Mercy is at the discretion of the one showing …
Has anything negative been said about you and you feel helpless? Be comforted, God heard it. Have you said anything negative about someone and you made them feel vulnerable and you are invincible? Be very worried, God heard it. God …
Clearly, from scripture, it seems God hates "idle-atry" or being idle. Ecclesiastes tells us to be busy even when we have finished the main business of the day. Even during holidays and breaks from work and school, get busy doing …
Many people have written about Jesus, but I have chosen to write a better story about Jesus. Many people present music like everyone else, but I have chosen to do it better. Many people have set standards we see around …
Is the man to blame for ruining Jesus' ministry in that village? Yes. Is everything lost because of his negligence? No. The Bible tells us that though Jesus stayed out of the village, people still came looking for him. God …
It is important to minimize references to school or teachers that expose the possibility that since we left school we have not read further or learned anything else. "My professor told me" "When I attended this college or that one." …
If Jesus had stayed and enjoyed the success of the previous day, He would have become a village hero, yet He was destined to be a national hero then a global hero. There are many village heroes who would have …
Secondly, Matthew shows that Jesus came at the right time. Matthew shows that between Abraham the father of faith and King David there are fourteen generations. Then between David and the Babylonian exile, there are fourteen generations. Between the end …
Many things boggle our minds. These are women in our religious standards we wouldn't think deserve anything. Foreigners! Widows! Prostitute! We wouldn't allow them to even sing in the choir. We would totally deny them religious joy, believing we are …