On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Zechariah 9:16-17 What a beautiful promise that God will save us, be our Shepherd! And a beautiful … More How great is His goodness and beauty!
“When Jesus comes back, he’s not going to be the same Jesus that walked the earth in His incarnation. Jesus will be a warrior, with tattoo’s up his leg, wearing a robe dipped in blood with a sword coming out of His mouth. It’s going to be awesome.” “Anytime you show up for a fight … More Ultimate Fighter Jesus
John 20:19 -21 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then … More Peace be with you
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 40: Throughout the opening verses of chapter 40, the focus is on God’s sovereign work in redemption, often depicted throughout the Old Testament as YHWH’s outstretched hand. Job has no reason whatsoever to complain about how God does things. Yet in an eery way Job’s increasingly self-centered demand to be vindicated amounts … More Job has no reason whatsoever to complain about how God does things.
John Piper explains how promises in Zechariah can help us today: Three of Zechariah’s prophetic messages are dated (1:1; 1:7; 7:1), so we know that Zechariah was a contemporary of Haggai. Both prophets spoke to the Jews in Jerusalem who had recently returned from exile in Babylon, and both of them encouraged the people to … More How Can Gentiles Benefit from Promises to Israel?
Then the disciples went back to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb…. John 20:10-11 J.C. Ryle comments: It is a touching fact, and one to be carefully noted, that Mary Magdalene would not leave the sepulcher, when Peter and John went away to their own home. Love to her gracious Master would … More Love reaped a rich reward
God to Job: “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south? Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?” In Job 39, we see a list of animals that Job can’t in any sense govern or rule. Adam was given … More Commanding eagles to fly
John Piper comments on Haggai 2 Most of you have known the discouragement of feeling that what you are doing for Christ is of so little significance that you may as well quit. Take Courage, Work, Fear Not If that’s you, this message from Haggai is tailor-made for your heart today. God confronts the discouragement … More Take Courage, Work, Fear Not
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They … More “I Have Seen the Lord”
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, 23 which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? 24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? … More What Is God Saying in the Snow
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