Category: Encouragements

  • Died To Sin

    Jesus and His disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas came with a great multitude and betrayed Jesus.  Jesus was taken to the High Priest’s house where all the Sanhedrin council sought testimony against Him; their unanimous verdict was that He should be put to death.  He was then taken to the Roman […]

  • The Conscience

    In the Garden of Eden, Eve was encouraged by the serpent to eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Genesis 3:6-8 “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she […]

  • Why Do You Obey God?

    We are to obey God and do what Jesus teaches as He received from the Father.  Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?”  I don’t understand that we can rightfully call Jesus ‘Lord’ or call ourselves Christians if we don’t do what He says.  […]

  • But You Do The Same

    King David had been a great warrior.  But when he became king, he sent the army to war, and he stayed in Jerusalem.  2 Samuel 11:2-5 “Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, […]

  • Longsuffering

    Have you ever thought about how long it took Noah to build the ark?  It could have been as long as 120 years.  Genesis 6:3 “And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.’”  It seems that […]

  • Belief In God

    Why do you believe in God?  Have you just always believed in God?  Do you believe because your parents taught you to believe?  The world around us tells us that there is no God and that the earth and everything in it evolved from the cosmos.  Let me tell you some reasons why I believe. […]

  • Ashamed

    On the night before He was to be crucified, Jesus warned His disciples.  Matthew 26:31-35 “Then Jesus said to them, ‘All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:  ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’  But after I have […]

  • Not of the World

    Many times, the Bible talks about the world.  The word “world” can have different meanings.  It can mean the earth, this planet that we all live on.  But it can also mean mankind and human affairs, especially that which is in opposition to God.  Perhaps this is how it is used in John 3:16-17 “For […]

  • Do You Love Me More Than These

    Jesus had been resurrected from the dead.  Before He ascended into heaven, He showed Himself to his disciples at various times.  One day, Peter and some of the other disciples decided to go fishing.  Before they had been disciples of Jesus, many of them had been fishermen.  Now that they were not spending all of […]

  • Encouragement

    Elijah was a prophet of God in Israel.  He was discouraged that the Israelites had given themselves to worship Baal and Asherah.  Elijah persuaded king Ahab to have a contest on Mount Carmel between the prophets of Baal and the Lord (Jehovah/YHWH).  You can read about the contest in 1 Kings 18.  The prophets of […]