Today’s Bible text is a very familiar story to many. But when we read our bibles with open hearts there are always new things the Holy Spirit wants to teach us. May God speak personally to your heart today as we learn new lessons from an old story… Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, […]

What qualifies a person for heaven? Who gets in and who gets restricted? We have learned from Jesus that the expectations and qualifications of the world are usually just the opposite of the expectations and qualifications of God. “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you […]

Also, He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were RIGHTEOUS, and DESPISED OTHERS:” (Luke 18:9) Jesus is about to expose self-righteous people with a parable. “Self-righteous” people think that they are good enough to stand before God. They trust in their own goodness to find favor with God and get […]

One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my […]