Luke 22:51 “But Jesus answered, ‘No more of this!’ And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.” Sometimes our humanness just plain stinks—especially when we fail to recognize it. We think we are doing the “Lord’s will,” but our motivation is fueled more by our flesh than the Holy Spirit. It’s Continue Reading…
John 20:1 “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.” “These acts shattered steel, but they can’t bend the steel of American resolve.” Those words of President Continue Reading…
John 12:26 “Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be….” We yield our will at Gethsemane and decide to “pick up our cross and follow.” Self-denial and cross-bearing are far from once-and-done entities. We’re presented with the opportunity to follow Jesus every day, actually, every Continue Reading…
Luke 9:23 “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Had there been no Gethsemane, there would have been no Calvary. Gethsemane thrust Jesus into the once-and-for-all crucible of decision. Gethsemane—where sorrow pummeled him to the ground with Continue Reading…
Mark 16:3 “and they asked each other, ‘Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?’” When the women went to the grave to put spices on Jesus’ body, they had no idea of how they would do it. The huge stone covering the tomb was locked Continue Reading…