Archive for July 10, 2012

Thought for the morning of Wed July 11, 2012

You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is not. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and the sky is no longer brilliant with the tints of heaven. It is not established. How can it be? A glorious show made up of transitory sun-beams and passing rain-drops, how can it abide? The graces of the Christian character must not resemble the rainbow in its transitory beauty, but, on the contrary, must be stablished, settled, More >

Life Source – Week 7 – Day 1 ** John 15: 1

Let’s slow down.  There are such treasures to be gleaned from the remaining chapters in this book and I don’t want to feel like we are flying through them.  I want us to have time to savor the flavors, to reflect on the truths and how they impact our lives, and to be still so that God can speak to our spirits.  So … we are not going to read John in 8 weeks (which was the stated plan in the introduction of our study).  We are going to take more time than that.  Keep your journal or notebook close More >

Unreasonable Theories

In Matthew 28:13, the chief priests said to the Roman soldiers, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’”

When the people need a lie to cover up an event, they will make up the most irrational stories. Either Jesus is risen from the dead is a lie or the disciples stole the body is a lie. That was the best explanation they could find with their short time span to make up an excuse. Over the years, more outrageous explanations have been given as well.  To deal with the excuse that the disciples stole the body, how many More >

Life Source – Week 7 – Day 2 ** John 15:18

Read John 15:18 – 16:4

This teaching from Jesus is on the heels of His message to His disciples about remaining in Him … abiding always attached to Him.  He tells them that their lives will bear fruit if they abide in Him.  It is the beautiful up-side of living in Christ!  Now, He turns His attention to another result of remaining in Him.  Jesus was always honest with His followers.  He always told them to “count the cost” of discipleship.  These verses remind the disciples about counting the cost.  And He would remind us as well.  The true follower of More >