Matthew-13:45-46,-john-1:45-46,-john-1:49

There are a few things that you must know for your life’s journey. There are truly only a few eternal truths that you must wrap your mind and heart around in order to create an abundant life and in order to embrace a life that is truly worth living.…

What would it be worth to have God reigning over us? Open Matthew 13:45-46. Did you hear the one about the art lover who found an original by someone she and her husband admired? She texted the details to get his opinion. Between meetings, he rushed back a reply, “No....…

By Elizabeth Prata I’ve written about the brilliance of the sparkling jewel that is Jesus. That brought to mind other jewels. I am a girl, after all, lol. The Parable of the Pearl of Great Va……

I want to offer encouragement to those reading this today.Many of you are the shelter in someone’s storm. You are the anchor that is keeping them from capsizing. You are the source of strength that is keeping them upright.Many of you are “the person” for friends and family. You are...…

Conditions apply. A millennial entrepreneur comes to you, bank details ready, asking “What good thing could I do so I could have eternal life?” How do you respond? You’re probably looking for a seeker-friendly way to respond, “Goodness! It doesn’t work like that. You can’t earn God’s favour by doing...…

You can’t earn God’s favour by doing something good.” You probably don’t say, “Live like God says; he’s good.” Apart from the obvious problem of suggesting anyone could earn eternal life by obeying commands, a vague answer like “Do what God says” is unsatisfying for a project manager used to SMART goals. He has no doubt, like all pious Jews, made regular and generous contributions to the relief of the poor and disadvantaged within his community (that is at least part of what he would understand by “loving your neighbor as yourself”), but Jewish charity operated within prudential limits, whereas Jesus puts no limit to his demand. To follow it will place this self-sufficient young man in the same position as the birds and the flowers in 6:25–32, depending directly on the provision of a heavenly Father for the essentials of life.But even this radical action of dispossession is not simply another “good thing” to do; it is the prelude to something even more far-reaching.…

Recent posts (list below) touched our entering as a grain of sand into Christ as the oyster with the outcome being a pearl. This is our entrance into New Jerusalem. Christ was wounded for us in ord……

Welcome to Real Life . What’s in a name? “What you believe about yourself will determine the direction of your life.” [1] When you see Amaz……

What was Jesus seeing when he envisaged thrones for himself and his disciples?…

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest afte……