Balance – structure & creativity
For this reason, since the day we heard about it, we have not stopped praying for you, asking [specifically] that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [with insight into His purposes], and in understanding [of spiritual things], so that you will walk inContinue Reading
The day after Easter
I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous! (John 14:27 TPT) Last week was an unusual Holy Week for me. On Palm Sunday,Continue Reading
Easter Witnesses
For I will turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow. (Jeremiah 31:13 AMP) Joseph of Arimathea I had watched this rabbi from a distance for some time. I saw how he gathered people around him, how he taught them, how heContinue Reading
Holy Saturday
Remember to stay alert and hold firmly to all that you believe. Be mighty and full of courage.(1 Corinthians 16:13 TPT) I find myself often frustrated with the way many of my questions go unanswered in the Bible. (I realize that a great deal of God is mystery, but that’s anotherContinue Reading
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