Walking with God, Digesting Scripture and Pointing Others to Grow Deeper in their Faith
Where we place our trust says a lot about us, about who we are, and about our character. This verse says, "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God." I want to add an exclamation mark at the end when I read it! Chariots... Continue Reading →
Nicodemus asked Jesus a question: How can someone be born again? How can someone have new life? I too felt a need for a rebirth in my life as I became weary of living my own way. My heart was unsettled. I felt like I was tossed back and forth by the wind. I had... Continue Reading →
Before heading to college I made a decision. This decision gave me a desire to pray I would find good Christian friends when I arrived at college. I think this might have been the only difference between myself and those who didn’t pray for this? I’d already chosen. I had decided. I knew. This decision... Continue Reading →
He is RISEN! Resurrection was first revealed to the women who loved Jesus. They were still loving him as they went to the tomb and discovered he wasn’t there. He is alive! This changes everything! In this verse Jesus is speaking to Mary and Martha before he raised Lazarus from the dead. The word believe... Continue Reading →
Sometimes this is easy, sometimes this is hard. Thomas Merton, a famous spiritual writer rocked my world years ago when I read his book. This is horrible but I read it so long ago that I do not recall the title but I copied 1 chapter, the chapter on love. Merton says, “without my love... Continue Reading →
Jesus was God in the flesh. God chose to come to earth in the form of a human so we can know who He is. He was obedient unto death and many have followed in those footsteps for centuries, being slaughtered for their faith. The proper word for this is martyr. Stephen was the first... Continue Reading →
I'm chewing on the story Jesus told of the prodigal son from Luke 15. The more I chew on this story the less conclusions I'm able to draw. Who's the central figure in this story? I would have said the prodigal son, of course, because it's a story of how he asked for his inheritance... Continue Reading →
Mercy is something we all desperately need. Without God’s mercy we would all be in the same boat headed nowhere and then to doom. Humbling ourselves and reaching out to God, praying for mercy, asking for forgiveness for our wrongs is what sets one person apart from another. The one who has experienced cleansing is... Continue Reading →
The Bible is so full of irony. The opposite of what we think will make us successful in God’s Kingdom. Humility is great, not weak! Those who are strong are able to be humble. Jesus states this in such a heavy way that our entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven hangs upon humbling ourselves, being... Continue Reading →
I learned years ago that when I counteract evil with evil everything escalates. It’s takes a strong person to stop this process. There was a girl who seemed to hate me in high school. I’d never had a conversation with her but I heard she was saying some terrible things about me. She rode the... Continue Reading →
Jeni Martin Johnson 