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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?  Psalm 22:1 ESV Jesus was fulfilling prophecy even at His last breath on the cross.  The Jewish crowd would have recognized that He was quoting the words of David, written over 1000 years previously.  Psalm 22 Read more

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My god, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 ESV How can it be that the most tragic event in human history is simultaneously the most glorious?  My sinless Savior was sentenced to death by Read more

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”   John 17:20-21 Read more

“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”    Genesis 3:15 NIV These were the prophetic words that God spoke to the serpent after Adam’s sin in the garden.  Man’s sin was not a surprise to Him, and before Read more

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.  And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them Read more

And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.  Ecclesiastes 4:12 NAS God did not create us to be loners. The body of Christ (the church) is made of up of many parts that cannot operate independently.  A person who is isolated from Read more

…but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.   Philippians 3:13-14 Most of us have spoken words in haste that we wish we had never said or made a decision we Read more

“Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” For thus says the LORD God of Israel…  Jeremiah 33;3-4a God Most High hears our prayers. Even though He is infinitely above all, He allows us to come before Him in prayer, and He Read more

Give us this day our daily bread.       Matthew 6:11  NAS It is the Lord who freely bestows everything we need. Most of us would agree with that in conversation, but is it a genuinely heartfelt belief? Nothing comes by chance. Whether our provision comes by our own work, as a gift, an inheritance, or donation, it is Read more

“And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says the Lord Almighty.  2 Corinthians 6:18  (NAS) The Lord of all creation has promised fatherhood to us as Christ followers, and we can trust His Word; we can count on His loving care. Nothing He asks us to do Read more