Saul’s Conversion 9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his… Continue reading Hearing God Part 4 : God Speaks Directly

11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. (1Thess. 5:11, NIV) In the apostle Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, he encourages the new believers to endeavor to promote the good of the whole church by promoting the work of grace in one another. This is done by sharing… Continue reading Hearing God: Part 3 Through Letters of Encouragement

The Healing at the Pool 5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] 5 One who… Continue reading Hearing God Part 2: Through the Words of Jesus

God, our father, is relational.  God, along with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, comprise the Trinity, three persons in one. As children of God, our Father wants to have a relationship with us.  God wants to communicate with us. The Bible is full of stories about God communicating with His children.  One way that God… Continue reading Hearing God Part 1: Dreams

8 Taste and see that the Lord is good;    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. (Psalm 34:8, NIV) The authorship of Psalm 34 is attributed to David.  He is speaking from his experiences where he had found protection from the Lord. David is singing about God’s goodness to him and is asking others to experience the goodness… Continue reading taste

13 For you created my inmost being;    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well.15 My frame was not hidden from you    when I was made in the secret place,    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;    all the days… Continue reading master weaver

23 Above all else, guard your heart,    for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23, NIV) Heart occurs over one thousand times in the Bible, making it the most common anthropological term in the Scripture. The heart stands for the inner part of a person and refers to our will, mind, consciousness, emotions and understanding. It also… Continue reading  guarded heart

Faith is a muscle. Jesus called his disciples to follow him. Jesus Calls His First Disciples 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to… Continue reading atrophy

Jesus Presented in the Temple 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in… Continue reading memory