To better understand the purpose of a shepherd during the times of Jesus, it is helpful to realize that sheep are utterly defenseless and totally dependent upon the shepherd. Sheep are always subject to danger and must be under the watchful eye of the shepherd as they graze. A good shepherd was committed entirely to […]

God created everything, and it is for His pleasure that they were created. Creation does not exist by accident. By an act of His will God spoke everything into existence, including all the laws of nature. God is the lover of His creation. Every human being owes his or her existence to God’s creative work.

Walking in the Spirit is simply just living in the spirit. It is living your life in the continual presence of the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit was sent from God to be our comforter and our guide to all truth. He was sent after Jesus was glorified. We must abide in Christ. He

Understanding the nature of God is just foundational to having a relationship with him. If you don’t understand the basic nature and character of God it’s going to be impossible for you to have a proper relationship with him. You can’t have a good, positive relationship with a person that you don’t understand, or that

Christ had taught His disciples that to abide in Him was to abide in His love. Think first of the origin of that life of Christ in the Father. They were one in life and one in love. In this His abiding in the Father had its root. Though dwelling here on earth, He knew

Learning the strategies of the devil is a powerful liberating process. The shroud of ignorance is removed. We learn to distinguish between our voice and that of the enemy. Once we are acquainted with his tactics we are able to recognize him for the fraud that he is. We stop feeding on sin and temptation,

In the gospel of Matthew Jesus asks his disciples who they thought the Son on Man is. Peter answers “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). Jesus tells Peter that it was his Father in heaven that had revealed this to you. Jesus than tells Peter “that upon this rock

The work of the cross was the means God used to bring to an end “our old life” by setting aside altogether our “old Man.” The resurrection was the means he employed to impart to us all that was necessary for our life in a brand new world. The resurrection stands at the threshold of

The book of Job is considered to be the oldest book in the bible. Job lived before Abraham or was thought to be a contemporary of Abraham. The truth found in Job is not about Israel, as Israel did not yet exist. God taught Israel about the law and a moral code of conduct. The

Learning how to follow Jesus will require a change of narrative. We create a narrative to make sense of things we find ourselves trying to make sense of and find purpose in whatever is happening around us. We create and often abide by our self-imposed narratives whether they are accurate or not, or whether they