When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He *said to him, “Do you wish to get well?” John 5:6 NASB Do you wish to get well? – What a stupid question! The paralytic had been at the pool for decades waiting for a…
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 NASB Sustain me – Sacrifice me….
“Do you wish to get well?” John 5:6 NASB To get well – Yeshua is making his way through the crowd at the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. To do so he has to pass by a pool. Today, just like every day, it is surrounded by those who cling to life by a thread of…
“If you consent and obey, you will eat the best of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Isaiah 1:19 NASB Consent and obey – We love Isaiah 1:18, especially when we think it endorses rational debate. But I doubt many of us realize that this next…
The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted. Psalm 47:9 NASB Princes/ People – Who have assembled themselves? And why have they done so? Those are the two questions David wants us to ask. …
