The 11 apostles and the other disciples wait for Jesus' promise to come true about the coming Holy Spirit. While waiting they pray, they read God's Word and in doing…
Jesus is about to leave and His anxious disciples wonder if He is now going to restore the kingdom to Israel, as promised in the Old Testament. Jesus assures His…
This week marked one of Israel's feasts, the Feast of Purim. What is Purim? We find out in the book of Esther. What significance does it have for the follower…
John explains to his readers that one believes in Jesus should show others the kind of love Jesus and God have shown them. Sacrificial, selfless, others-first kind of love with…
Paul concludes his last letter with a desire to see people and encourage those he knows to finish well as he did. How do we finish well ourselves? When we…
Jesus explains to His disciples that God is in the process of preparing hearts to receive His Son even when we don't see His preparation work. As the Samaritans approach…
In these few verses, a mother reminds her son (Lemuel), a Gentile king around the time of Solomon, to conduct himself wisely and speak up for the needs of the…
Matt. 2:13-23 reads like a travelogue of Joseph and Mary and the Child's movements as God guides them away from Herod and harm, to finally get them back to Nazareth…
