Blogs about the Word
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus; - Hebrews 3:1 NASB20 Last time we took a very brief look at what the priests were called to do. It’s easy for us to take what we know from modern-day religion and read it [...]
A quick ahh-ha moment from Another Red Letter Day. "Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the labors of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. - [...]
There is a temptation for un-schooled guys like me to start to feel incompetent to bring revelation from the word to those around us. These feelings of inferiority have at times shut me down. But as I meditate on this prayer from Paul the apostle, I find great comfort, hope, and confidence. I read – [...]
I’ve mentioned this before, but a friend suggested I add to my Bible reading declaration. For years now, I have (almost always) declared these truths before I read scripture, and I have found it has revolutionized my communication with the Lord. My original prayer, for many years has been from Psalm 119:18. Open my eyes, [...]
The first thing we did in this new year was to share communion with our church family. What a wonderful time. We worshiped out the old year and welcomed the new as the body of Christ. As I was preparing to share the Lord's Supper with the family, this is what the Lord brought to [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCIWFjiUC-k Last week we focused on one thing from the story of the woman with the issue of blood. We looked at what ‘receive’ ment for her. Remember the two examples - a passive reception - like when granny gives you that gift on Christmas morning and the active - go after it with all [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljQU148Xhxw I’m calling tonight’s class - The anatomy of Faith. We’re going to look a woman’s encounter with Jesus–her encounter with Sozo. Then we’ll break it down in light of what we’ve learned about faith. Our encounter starts with a woman who had been living with a hemorrhage for twelve years. It’s a familiar story, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8uKBuxrldQ We’re going back to Jesus’ encounter with the paralytic. Let’s start by re-reading Luke’s account. One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for [...]
Ben's Healing School - S6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sKvw6VQ0jI This week’s class begins with a brief introduction to Words of Knowledge. Next, we spend some time gleaning some wonderful truth from the day Jesus healed the Paralytic in His home town, Capernaum. Words of Knowledge Tonight before we feast one of my favorite encounters with Jesus, the Paralytic [...]
Got a minute? I’d like to encourage you from the Word this morning. Let me set the scene. It’s a dark and stormy night and the boys are out on the Sea of Galilee struggling to stay afloat. Jesus is walking on the water. After the initial shock of the whole thing, Peter calls out, [...]