I’m a follower of Jesus, wife, mom, and Mimi to 8 grandbabies here and 5 grandbabies I’m waiting to meet in in heaven. I live in the Twin Cities and serve as the Minister for Women‘s Ministry at The North Church in Mounds View, MN.
Here are comments from Coty Pinckney on Luke 24:1-12 “He is Risen!” (this is the passage in our reading plan today) The women have seen where Joseph laid Jesus’ body. They plan to pay their respects to their beloved master by anointing the body after the Sabbath. So early in the morning on the first … More Risen, just as He said
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. Proverbs 28:26 Trusting in your own mind, in your own heart, is the opposite of trusting in the Lord. Look at the contrast: be a fool or be delivered. Remember the words of Proverbs 3:5 and 6? … More Be a fool or be delivered.
John Piper, in the first of a series of messages from Isaiah 55, “The Great Invitation: Come! Drink! Eat! Live!” help us see the connections to chapters 53 and 54. And what I want us to see in this first message based on verses 1-3 is that God is a very inviting God. The word … More The Greatest Invitation
Hebrews 11:17-31 is the passage we come to today. In verses 30-31 we read: By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven … More Through our faith God helps us by acts of providence
Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. … More Ryle: events may bring out grace in quarters where at present we do not expect it
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1, in our reading plan today. John Piper, in a sermon, “The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion” The life of Martin Luther illustrates the connection between getting right with God and a life of boldness. If it can … More The righteous are bold as a lion
Today we read Isaiah 51-53 in our reading plan. Here are words from John Piper, in an introduction to a series of sermons on Isaiah 53: Nowhere in all the Old Testament does the gospel of Jesus Christ shine more clearly than in Isaiah 53. Seven hundred years before Jesus came into the world, God … More Isaiah 53: Revelation and Validation
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. —Hebrews 11:1-3 John … More By faith we understand and by grace we see
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. —Hebrews 11:6 (verses1-16 in our Bible reading plan today) Here’s a helpful sermon excerpt from John Piper: Let’s put them into our own words. God is … More Piper: He is Real and He is a Rewarder
We come to Luke 23:44-49 in our read-through-the-Bible plan. John Piper, in a sermon on Luke 23 “Into Thy Hands I Commit My Spirit” We should remember that God’s arms are open and his hands extended to his dying children. “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.” Not: into the grave. Not: into the … More God’s arms are open and his hands extended
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