I was talking with someone recently about the Old Testament name for God ‘Jehovah Jireh’. This name translates to mean ‘God will provide’ or ‘God will see to it.’ Not even just that God can provide, but that He will.  We see this characteristic of God in this passage through the actions of Jesus. When […]

What a strange passage, and one of many examples where Jesus responds in a way that I do not expect.  This woman has come to Jesus desperate for His help, and yet He seems to be putting her off in what may sound like rudeness to us. His reference to taking the “children’s bread and […]

Jesus does an amazing job in this passage reminding us that our attitudes and the way we think matter just as much as what we actually do. It’s not just what we say but what we think about saying that God hears. The disciples were focused on Jesus and what He was saying and doing […]

Oh the difficulty with our hearts! The disciples could not understand what Jesus was doing, and who He was, because of their hard hearts. Faith could not rise in them, because of their hard hearts. How often do I pray – God make your ways, your will, your plan more obvious to me – without […]

John the Baptist was undoubtedly a good man. In Matthew 11:11, Jesus states that there has not been a man greater than him! So what do I do to be like John the Baptist? –          Eat Locusts and Honey –          Wear camel hair clothing –          Be homeless –          Be very outspoken against the religious majority […]