The Best Part
“But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed, Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her’ ” (Luke 10:41 & 42). Can we apply these words of Jesus to our lives today? It seems like the world […]
Eyewitness to His Majesty
Peter used this phrase in 2 Peter 1:16 in defense of the truth of the gospel. He SAW Jesus. John 20:29 ESV: “transfigured and HEARD God’s voice of affirmation. This gospel is NO fable, he preached “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” That’s us! Though we’ve never seen the physical […]
The Song of the Sea
Did you know there are nearly two hundred songs in the Bible? The first song recorded is the Song of the Sea in Exodus 15, as Moses and the Israelites immediately burst into singing upon their safe journey across the Red Sea. This poem celebrates their freedom after generations of slavery and oppression by the […]
Behold
In Revelation 21:5, God says “Behold, I am making all things new.” Please take a moment to absorb the intensity of the word BEHOLD. The origin is Old English BIHALDAN, from BI- ‘thoroughly’ + HALDAN ‘to hold’. A verb meaning to see or observe. An exclamation, here I am! Thoroughly means complete and absolute. Hold […]
Shine
One of the beautiful Hebrew words for praise is Halal, meaning “to SHINE; to celebrate”. I always get the picture of a bride and groom entering the reception, faces absolutely glowing with joy. To SHINE is to illuminate, to light up objects around it, to radiate outward. That’s us! We are made in His image as I Corinthians […]