leave your offering there before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering Matthew 5:24 Be Reconciled – When we find a word in the Greek New Testament that is used only one time, we need to pay close attention. We need to ask,…
leave your offering there before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering Matthew 5:24 Go Your Way – In his commentary on Matthew, Nicoll says, “Reconciliation before sacrifice: morality before religion” and calls this one of the four cardinal principles of worship. If…
If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, “Give Me a drink;” John 4:10 If You Knew – Have you ever noticed just how odd Jesus’ conversations are? If we encountered Him today, and spent a few minutes talking with Him, we might walk away shaking our heads…
I will not execute My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. Hosea 11:9 Not – Sometimes “not” is the most important word you can hear. This is especially true when it comes to…
When Jesus had finished these parables, he left that place. Matthew 13:53 Left – Jesus just left Chicago and He’s bound for New Orleans. ZZ Top made those lyrics famous. What they did not realize is that Jesus really does leave. He follows the Father’s will wherever that leads. He is not rooted to the…
“Are You the One who is coming, or do we look for someone else?” Luke 7:20 Look For – Is Jesus the One? That’s really the central question of every person’s life. Is it really Jesus, or should be look for someone else? But did you notice that this question depends on a basic assumption? …
I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do; forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on Philippians 3:13 Forgetting – Brother Lawrence practiced the continual presence of God by immediately confessing any action or attitude that interfered in any way…
for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am Philippians 4:11 Learned – Are you content with your life? Be honest. Don’t pass this off as a spiritual requirement, as if to say, “Sure, there are things that bother me, but it’s OK. I’m mostly good with the way things are,” while…
“Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.” Isaiah 49:15 Forget – Have you forgotten your eighth-grade geography lessons? Do you still remember high school civics? Or kindergarten games? The chances are pretty good that those…
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” Isaiah 49:14 LORD, Lord – We also complain that God has forsaken and forgotten. We think that the desperation of our lives or the frustration in our efforts or the trials we face must mean that God does not, in some…
