Thankfulness
Thankfulness “Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”Ephesians 5:20 It is so easy to get caught up in what we don’t have that we forget to be thankful for what we do have—and then we can become discouraged. I once heard a story about […]
Count Your Blessings
Count Your Blessings “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”I Thessalonians 5:18 Do you remember the hymn “Count Your Blessings”? Many of us might remember the chorus, but the entire hymn is very encouraging and challenging. It was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. in 1897 and […]
Duty Or Devotion
Duty Or Devotion But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, tell her to help me.” And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one […]
He Knows The Heart
He Knows The Heart Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what […]
A Woman Of Faith
A Woman Of Faith Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.Mark […]
Deliverance
Deliverance Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even […]
Faith Comes By Hearing
Faith Comes By Hearing For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” […]
Responding To Success
Responding To Success And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.Luke 5:6–7 Looking at Peter’s encounter […]
Full Nets, Full Boats, Full Hearts
Full Nets, Full Boats, Full Hearts Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let […]
Keeping The Nets Clean
Keeping The Nets Clean So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Luke 5:1–2 There are many lessons for us to […]