John 4:50b (NLT), "And the man believed what Jesus said and started home." Wednesday... What if we did what this man did? There was this government official from Capernaum who had a son who was very sick and he heard that Jesus had come to Galilee from Judea so he went and begged Jesus to come over to Capernaum to heal his son. The Amplified Bible says, that he was at the point of death. This man was desperate. The Sea of Galilee Now too many times we have certain specific thoughts in our mind of how Jesus is going to speak to us and take care of what we need him to do. Yes it seemed to be a good idea for Jesus to come to his home and heal him, But that wasn't what Jesus said. Verse 48 (MSG) says that "Jesus put him off: 'Unless you people are dazzled by a miracle, you refuse to believe.'" Is that possible with us? That maybe we too need to be dazzled in order to believe. But this man wasn't put off by Jesus. He wanted his son to be healed. He was de...
Psalm 102:2b (NLT), "And answer me quickly when I call to you." Tuesday... It really does get in the way. I arrived at my coffee shop, Aspire, a little earlier today. I got my normal table but I had to wait in line to get my coffee and I'll be honest, I can have a problem at waiting. When I finally got my coffee and sat down I started thinking about my response inside that I had to wait and it came to me how much pride I have and of how it gets in the way. Yes, pride gets in the way of our enjoying life. I got my coffee and then started reading Psalm 102:1-2. Here is what it says, "LORD, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!" Notice that both sentences end with exclamation marks. Verse 2 goes on, "Don't turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you." Notice in these 2 verses there are 3 my's, two me's and one I. I was thinking back to yesterday morning. Down at the corner before my coff...