April 6, 2016

DJ

Matthew 9:33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marvelled, saying, “It was never seen like this in Israel!”

I wonder what the people in Israel must have thought when they saw what Jesus was capable of doing?

Would they have looked at the miracles and wondered how anyone could have done even more than their God of the past, or would they have tried to equate them to the past?

We do often try to measure things by what has happened in the past so we can get more out of things; but sometimes it is just good to stop and trust God.

God still does wonders in our lives.

April 5, 2016

DJ

Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, He marvelled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!”

Have you ever heard someone say something which has made you marvel at their faith or their belief in something?

I do love to hear testimonies from other people where they get to share something from their lives that God has done for them.

When we get to hear the experiences from other people we get to trust more in what has happened in our lives and get to understand a bit more about how God can work in our lives.

God is still performing miracles in this world; far too often we choose to ignore them!

April 4, 2016

DJ

John 1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

I can imagine how Nathanael must have felt when Jesus told him he was sitting under a fig tree before Philip called him.

What would you say to someone who knew exactly where you were before they met you? I can imagine Nathanael finding a quiet spot to do his prayers or to have a quiet moment with God; and then being told by this person that is exactly where he was!

God knows us, all about us, yet He does not force us to do things; instead He waits patiently for us to make the right decisions in our lives!

April 3, 2016

DJ

Ephesians 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—

Our aim, according to the Apostles writing to the people of the church of Ephesus, is to make sure we try to live righteously to be imitators of the head of our Church (Jesus Christ.)

Christ continued to make an impression upon the disciples which would last long after He died and rose again.

We need to take a leaf out of their books and do likewise, following God’s will in our lives to become more like disciples and even teachers of our own disciples.

But never forget that Jesus Christ is the head of our church and the one we should be glorifying; not ourselves!