"A Pharisee invited Jesus for dinner. Jesus went and reclined at the table. A woman, who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was there. So she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. She stood behind Him at his feet weeping. She wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with her …
Category: Scripture and Prayer
The Time Has Come
“Jesus replied, ‘A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with Me. I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world …
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce.” Song of Solomon 8:6. (* See Isaiah 41:10 below) Dearest Jesus, You are ours, our own. We cannot take it all in— how loved we are and Who it is that loves …
Overcoming Love
“We are afflicted in every way, but NOT crushed; perplexed, but NOT driven to despair; persecuted, but NOT forsaken; struck down, but NOT destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the LIFE of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For We Who LIVE are always being given over …
Where Little Can End
“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.” Proverbs 24:33,34 (See also Proverbs 6:10,11 ( NIV)) Dearest Lord, You are not speaking of needed rest and times apart to refresh our souls. You speak to …
Living the Story
“He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25 (NIV)“The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty One who saves; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you …
Not There But Here
“On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly …
Proven Love
“For a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But GOD proved His Own Love for us in this: While we were Still sinners, Christ died for us.!” Romans 5:8 (NIV)“Now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; but then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then …
Return to Sender
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself …
Unseated
“Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, Who raised Him from the dead—and all the brothers and sisters with me, To the churches: ... Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for our sins …
