"However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8b, NIV2)When I was about ten years old, I was always told that repair men needed to be left alone when they were working in our home, and I always wondered why…One day one of our...
"After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before...
We, as believers, do pray, just as the disciples did. However, do we truly know how to pray? Are we talking with our Father as our closest friend, or are we praying like commercials, repeating day in and day out our broken prayer lists? After all didn't Jesus...
Many, many years ago, so long in fact that it seems like eons, I was asked, along with several other church members, to go up to the altar to pray for those who went forward for prayer. I agreed, but unfortunately, my heart was not in it. I kept on thinking, "Who am I...
Last time we discovered that Jesus referred to 3 kinds of leaven: The real yeast that raises bread without any help, Herod's yeast and the yeast of the Pharisees. Today's focus will be on Herod's yeast.But first, just who was Herod? There is but one mention of the...
In our last devotionals we discovered that there are two leavens that are detrimental to our soul:1. "Herod's leaven", referring to people who rely solely on their own prowess, living like atheists even though they may attend church.2. "Pharisee leaven", referring to...
Last time we discovered that there are several kinds of yeast, including ones that are not conductive to experiencing our Heavenly Father fully. Let us not forget that leaven is an illustration of the things that can affect our minds. Just as good yeast will make the...