Passion Friday
(This Good Friday post from Dutch Sheets on GiveHim15, April 15, 2022.) Passion Week – It Is Finished “Good Friday, called this because of an ancient usage of “good” as a synonym for holy. (In the same way as the Holy Bible was called the “Good Book.”) Holy Friday, indeed.Continue Reading
The Cup
“You have drunk the cup of His fury;You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling,And drained it out.” (Isaiah 51:17 NKJV) “Fear is horrid, but there’s no reason to be ashamed of it. Our Lord was afraid (dreadfully so) in Gethsemane. I always cling to that as a very comfortingContinue Reading
Jesus, Judas, and Peter
A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life,But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit. (Proverbs 15:4 AMP) Once, I was at a local store when I heard a baby crying. The baby was sitting up in theContinue Reading
Costly fragrance
A woman came into the house, holding an alabaster flask filled with expensive, fragrant oil. She came right to Jesus, and in a lavish gesture of devotion, she poured out the costly oil, and it cascaded over his head as he was at the table. (Matthew 26:6-7 TPT) As he was recliningContinue Reading
Palm Sunday Yawn?
For we have the living Word of God, which is full of energy, like a two-mouthed sword. It will even penetrate to the very core of our being where soul and spirit, bone and marrow meet! It interprets and reveals the true thoughts and secret motives of our hearts. (HebrewsContinue Reading
The Re-Entry of the Prodigals
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. (Luke 19:10 NIV) Last Sunday evening, a friend and I visited a service at another church. Before the service began, my attention was drawn to a sign that read, “Prepare for the Re-Entry of the Prodigals.” TheContinue Reading
Shaken, Wineskins
So I went to the potter’s house, and sure enough, the potter was there, working at his wheel. Whenever the pot he was shaping turned out badly—as sometimes happens when working with clay—the potter simply started over, using the same clay to make another pot. (Jeremiah 18:4, MSG) Have youContinue Reading
Types of time
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. (Psalm 90:1-2 NIV) Happy Spring! I realize I’m a bit late in telling you this, as last Friday was the first official day of spring, butContinue Reading
Tattoos as Memorials
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV) So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36 NIV)Every time I read this story on social media, it gets me. I don’t know whether the story is real orContinue Reading
Jury Duty
They are to judge the people fairly. Never pervert justice. Instead, be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right. Strive for nothing but justice… (Deuteronomy 16:18-20 GW) Yesterday morning I sat in the county courthouse for 2 1/2 hoursContinue Reading