Unreachably unwilling!
John 5:39-40,43 NKJV You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. [40] But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. [43] I have come in My Father's Name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. Jesus speaks to the religious leaders of His time and also for the time to come. He'd just healed a guy who'd been disabled for 38 years, lying in wait for som
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Resurrection is coming!
John 5:24-29 NKJV "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. [25] Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. [26] For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, [27] and has given Him authority to exec
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Break up the fallow ground
Hosea 10:12 NKJV Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. After winter the ground in the garden needs digging and breaking up in order for seeds to be sown. Otherwise nothing can grow. God calls me to break up the fallow (dormant and hard bits) of my innermost being and sow for myself, plant the seed of His Word there, seeking His Presence and His Mercy. My near
Apr 291 min read
A different kind of fire...
Joshua 7:14-15,19-25 AMPC In the morning therefore, you shall present your tribes. And the tribe which the Lord takes shall come by families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come by persons. [15] And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be [killed and his body] burned with fire, he and all he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord and because he has done a shameful and wicke
Apr 263 min read
Only One Man beat Death
John 10:14-19 NKJV I am the Good Shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. [15] As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. [16] And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one Shepherd. [17] "Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. [18] No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Mys
Apr 232 min read
Looked up to?
Luke 19:1-7 NKJV Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. [2] Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. [3] And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. [4] So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. [5] And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come
Apr 212 min read
Removing the curse
Genesis 3:17-19 NKJV Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. [18] Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. [19] In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were
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