SP – Alone with God

Sometimes, being alone with God is the scariest thing we can do. Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day Genesis 32:24 Jacob was left alone, finally. After everything else, he could do to divert his death at the hands of his...

That I May Know Him – Week 7

Kept from the Evil One, sanctified in God’s Word of truth. Jesus prayed for us in John 17 that we would be kept from the evil one being sanctified by God’s truth, which is His word. He went on to say that for our sakes, He sanctified Himself by the truth. The word of...

SP – Jacob’s Troubles

With God, we win when we lose and refuse to let go. Jacob spent his life wanting the Father’s blessing—the blessing of Abraham. When he finally met God face to face, he wouldn’t let him go until He blessed him. How did the father bless him? He changed his...

That I May Know Him – Week 6

This is the week of The Double Portion in Job. This week we begin doubling up on some portions of the Bible while not reading other portions. For instance, today we read Genesis 36 and 37, and leave out Job and Isaiah. We do this to help balance out the Bible sections...

Finding Faith

When the Son of man comes, will He really find faith on the earth? Faith is found in prayer, or we might say unbelief neglects prayer as essential. Why would we neglect prayer? It’s because of difficulties in getting an answer. We see the delay as denial, after all,...

That I May Know Him – Week 5

The word is our authority as the Spirit is our power. Jesus submitted to the word of God. The Word of God made flesh submitted to the word of God that was written. Upon Jesus’ baptism, the Holy Spirit led Him into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When...

Who Are You LORD?

The Lord opposes us so that we find Him. Paul was a Pharisee of Pharisees, blameless regarding the law, fervent in His belief even to the persecution of the church. But when Jesus opposed Paul on his way to Damascus, Paul stopped, humbled himself, and asked, “Who are...

That I May Know Him – Week 4

The word of God cleanses me and sets me apart because it is Truth. Scriptures are the home of truth; truth is the path to freedom; and freedom is Jesus. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and the only way to the Father. We are sanctified by the truth; God’s...

A Place Prepared

Jesus is seated at the right hand of God To abide in Jesus is to enjoy where Jesus is in heaven right now. After the resurrection, Jesus ascended to the right hand of God and made a place for us to abide (or dwell) with Him. Being in Christ, seated in heavenly places,...

That I May Know Him – Week Three

I live because I am fed by what He says. God’s daily bread for us is found in the word of God. When we read to Him His word, He speaks to us out of His word. We live by every word that comes out of the mouth of God. It’s funny, we read His word and He speaks to...
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