Category Archives: Jesus
Look Up
Jeremiah 17:5 “This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.” (NIV).
God can use people to help you, but God doesn’t have to use people. You MUST NEVER ever look to people as your source. God alone should be your source. Relying on people turns your heart away from God. Read the rest of this entry
Your Focus
Psalm 147:10-11 “He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.” (NKJV)
People sometimes forget the good things you do for them, so they throw you under the bus easily. Sometimes, I look at myself and I am like, really? Guess what? People do that every single time; Christians do it too. All this man could see was the process and the people, Read the rest of this entry
Grace Overlooks
John 5:6-7 “When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
This man’s response to Jesus’ question flowed from what he could see. Yesterday, we learnt that all he could see was the process and the people. He could not see the mercy and the grace of God that was right in front of him. Read the rest of this entry
Would You?
John 5:6-7 “When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?” “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
This man’s response never ceases to amaze me. The question was, “Would you like to get well?” What was his response, “I can’t, Sir.”? His response amazes me not because I am mocking the man. Read the rest of this entry
Anyone
John 5:3-4 “Crowds of sick folks—lame, blind, or with paralyzed limbs—lay on the platforms (waiting for a certain movement of the water, for an angel of the Lord came from time to time and disturbed the water, and the first person to step down into it afterwards was healed)” (LB)
Imagine if the only condition was the pool getting full. Anyone who is able to get in before the pool is full will be healed of whatever disease they have. Then the pool is emptied of healed people, and those who could not get in have to wait for the next stirring of the water. Read the rest of this entry
Old vs New
Luke 1:37 “For with God nothing will be impossible.” (NKJV)
John 5:4 “For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.” (NKJV, emphasis added). Grace again! Read the rest of this entry
Stirring
Psalm 34:7 “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.” (NIV).
The supernatural is with us. God has never left us. There are angels around us. There are angels even wherever you are right now, and they are carrying out God’s instructions. Psalm 103:20 “Praise the Lord, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.” Read the rest of this entry
The Move
Acts 13:36 “For David, after he had served God’s will and purpose and counsel in his own generation, fell asleep [in death] and was buried among his forefathers…” (AMPC)
You have come to the place of flowing mercy, and you will receive mercy in the Name of Jesus. You have come to the place of flowing grace, and you will receive grace in the Name of Jesus. Grace everywhere! There will be no scarcity of grace in your life. Read the rest of this entry
Bethesda
John 5:1 “Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.”
Back up and look at the person of Jesus. Jesus is God. Jesus is Anointed. Jesus knows everything. He was the Christ, the Messiah. But Jesus will still return to Jerusalem for a Jewish holiday. Read the rest of this entry
Undeserved Grace
Acts 15:11 “We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”
I am trusting God that in your life, everywhere you look, when you turn to the left and to the right, when you look ahead and behind, there will be grace everywhere. Read the rest of this entry
