Living Through Dying “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.” John 12:24 My Takeaways Something Old The kernel has to die before it can produce life. Unless…
What Do You Want God to Do? “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!” Mark 10:51b My Takeaways Something Old “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!” Mark 10:51 I wanna see! I wanna see everything You want me to see Lord. Remove my spiritual blindness to…
How to Avoid the Attitude of Self-Righteousness Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else:… Luke 18:9 My Takeaways Something Old “Everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake,…
The One Made Whole As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Luke 17:12-13 My Takeaways Something Old They were cleansed as they obeyed. WOW! It’s the one who returned to thank God that was made whole. You can be…
The Tale of Two Sons and A Father To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.” Luke 15:11 My Takeaways Something Old The one son Failed to realize the joy of being around a loving father. Selfishly took advantage of what his father had accomplished. Unwisely…
When the “I” Shouts “For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 14:11 My Takeaways Something Old I’m in the pasture with my Shepherd. Who has jumped the fence to influence my thoughts and distract me from the Shepherd? Something New “Humility not as…