Dec 29, 2016

As the year ends, it’s a spiritually healthy practice for us to spend time before the Lord for prayerful reflection, giving thanks, and offering fresh consecration to Him. Besides thanking the Lord, item after item, for the many outward and material ways He’s met our needs, we can also ponder on and thank Him even...

Dec 27, 2016

In a previous podcast we saw that when the apostle Paul said, “Jesus Christ is in you,” he was not speaking metaphorically. He was speaking of the wonderful fact that Christ as the life-giving Spirit actually comes into those who believe in Him. We looked at eight verses that confirm and enrich our understanding of...

Dec 22, 2016

The Lord Jesus began His teaching commonly known as the “sermon on the mount” in Matthew 5:3 with a wonderful blessing: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.” Surely we all desire such a blessing! So then we need to ask ourselves, What does it mean to be “poor...

Dec 20, 2016

Matthew 26:6-13 gives us a moving account of an event that took place just before Jesus was crucified:

“Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him, having an alabaster flask of ointment of great value, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table. But when the...

Dec 15, 2016

When we think of a shepherd and his sheep, a lovely pastoral scene may come to mind, and we see sheep feeding safely in a green pasture as their shepherd watches over them nearby. We may feel envious of the sheep, peacefully grazing without any worries. But we believers actually do have the most wonderful Shepherd—our...