Quiet Time

Did you know that having “quiet time” is very important principle that Jesus Himself exemplified for us? In Matthew 14: 22-23 ESV, “22 Immediately, he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he wentContinue reading “Quiet Time”

John’s “Verily” Series: ch.5 vs.24,25

I hope you have had an amazing week. It has been a busy, busy week. I think that Spring is that season of the year where many begin to “wake up” from the hibernation of the cold winter. We begin to perform our “To Do” list that we have been thinking about during the winterContinue reading “John’s “Verily” Series: ch.5 vs.24,25″

John’s “Verily” Series: John ch5 v19

The “Verily, verily” statement in this verse is “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. (ESV)” As I said last week, the big idea of this passage is thatContinue reading “John’s “Verily” Series: John ch5 v19″

Allergy

I keep looking on the band on my arm that reads “ALLERGY”. It’s on a red band in big, bold letters. It is wrapped around my wrist along side my white identification band. I used to also have to wear a bright yellow band that read “FALL RISK”, but that one, thankfully, is no longerContinue reading “Allergy”

John’s “Verily” Series: ch. 5 v. 19-30

Welcome back to another installment of what I have named the “Verily, verily” Series. Here, I go through the “Verily, verily” statements that Jesus made as recorded in the Gospel of John. There are 25 of them, and I go one by one through them. Some of them go with another, and for those, IContinue reading “John’s “Verily” Series: ch. 5 v. 19-30″

Dating My Son

Today, I decided to go on a date with my son. I am trying to do this once a month with each of my sons. My oldest one is super busy with “adulting”. However, my younger three are free for me to hang out with most days. I truly believe that kids, in general, needContinue reading “Dating My Son”

John’s “Verily” Series: ch.3 v.11

Here is yet another “Verily, verily” statement that Jesus made that John recorded. So far, we have read three “Verily, verily” statements, and we have learned that Jesus is the ‘ladder’ to heaven and that we must be born both physically and spiritually to enter into the Kingdom of God. In this next statement, JesusContinue reading “John’s “Verily” Series: ch.3 v.11″

John’s “Verily” Series: ch.3 vs.3, 5

I’m coming to you with 2 “Verily, verily” statements by Jesus. And we will talk about them together because the second one is a further detailing of the first one. It is very important to understand this concept being taught here. Here are two men: one being Jesus and the other being Nicodemus. Nicodemus wasContinue reading “John’s “Verily” Series: ch.3 vs.3, 5″

John’s “Verily” Series: ch.1 vs.51

Here we are. The first “Verily, verily” statement given by Jesus in the book of John. Like I mentioned before, I will be going into a study of each of the 25 “verily, verily” statements that Jesus made in the book of John. The Greek word amen (am-mane’) is the Hebrew word amen. This wordContinue reading “John’s “Verily” Series: ch.1 vs.51″

This is a Big Ask

Good Morning to you all. As an opening to this very Big Ask, I just want to say that I am going to continue to blog until I absolutely can’t anymore. I am going to study the Bible until I don’t need to anymore, which means at that point I would be in the presenceContinue reading “This is a Big Ask”