We need to understand what we are saying to someone when we tell them we are their friend, or that we are their brother/sister. I think the example of the “Good Samaritan” is an excellent…
Did the local church perform their due diligence (as the scriptures dictate) in choosing this person to be their pastor?
Some will say ask “Why didn’t Jesus just feed, heal, and save everybody?”
As Jesus hung on the cross in excruciating pain; having been beaten and bloodied, the Bible singles out seven last phrases (or words) that Jesus spoke.
Think about when you were learning to walk and your father would hold your hand as you shakily tried walking.
Some people question how much affection is being shown here when Jesus refers to His mother Mary as “Woman!
Once again Jesus showed us that even though we may find ourselves in physical distress, the LORD will still enable us to perform that which He has commissioned and commanded us to do.
Here was GOD’S only begotten Son; crucified after having been beaten and whipped , spat upon, his hairs pulled from his face, and even forced to wear a crown of thorns.
I don’t think that many people understand the destructive force that pride can be.
“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)