May 1, 2016

Isaiah 11:1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

It is hard to try and describe something which has never been seen before; and harder still to describe a person whom you have not seen.

Isaiah was describing many different things in his prophecies and here we have a depiction of Christ as a slender rod or branch from which something bigger is going to grow.

When we plant a cutting to grow into a big plant, we start with something very small which grows as it is fed and nourished.

Don’t be put off thinking you are too small; God wants to nourish and feed you to become something great for Him!

April 30, 2016

John 7:27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

One thing I do love doing is reading God’s Word to find out more truths every day. I love the fact I learn new things day in day out!

If we stop taking the gospel in and assume we know best, we will fall into the same trap these men were falling into; don’t think you know it all just because you know some scriptures.

I marvel at how some people know so much and then think it strange when some say I know a lot. I always say I don’t because I know I don’t.

Jesus continued to teach the disciples every day and we should be willing to learn every day just like them.

April 29, 2016

John 6:42 And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

Have you ever listened to how a crowd can get out of control when they hear a few murmurings about something wrong?

It does not take too much to set a crowd out of control and start a riot or worse!

These people knew Jesus as a little boy and now they were questioning everything just because they thought they knew the truth.

What they were not taking into account was God’s initial prophesies about how the Messiah would come and in what form.

April 28, 2016

Psalm 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.

How many times a day do you question yourself or pose a question to which the answer is obvious?

It is good to remember some simple truths about God; that He is the one true God, Lord Almighty, King of Kings.

It is good to remember that nothing is impossible with God, that He has the power to overcome anything; no battle is too much for Him.

How are you going to remind yourself? Write it on a poster and hang it up? Paint a picture? Read it every day? However you do, remind yourself each day.