2017
John 4:25-26 I am the Messiah_
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” John 4:25-26 NIV This story is incredible. The dance continues between this woman and Jesus. He says, she says, he says, then she says……
Read MoreProverbs 11:10 Thriving cities_
When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. Proverbs 11:10 NIV I was with a co-worker last night while visiting Colorado. She returned to Denver after living in Anchorage several years. I asked, “What do you like best about Denver?” She replied, “There are people! and events,…
Read MoreJohn 4:21-24 The Promise Now_
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. John 4:21-24 NIV The timing of God is…
Read MoreJohn 4:20 What is my objection?_
Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem. John 4:19-20 NIV If Jesus was knocking at my heart’s door asking me to believe, all in, 100%, what would be my first…
Read MoreJohn 4:15-18 The dance of faith_
And The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no…
Read MoreProverbs 11:9 Knowledge_
With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape. Proverbs 11:9 NIV Neighbors, some times you like them, some times you don’t. Either way, they are still our neighbors. They are in close proximity. Neighbors are more than where my home is located, they are those that intersect with my…
Read MoreProverbs 11:8 Trouble and other sucking sounds_
The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead. Proverbs 11:8 NIV Rotherham’s translation better reflects the Hebrew: “The righteous man out of distress is delivered, then cometh a lawless man into his place.” This proverb is like an Dyson vacuum cleaner making sucking sound. That is what trouble is…
Read MoreJohn 4:13-14 Living water_
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:13-14 NKJV The water Jesus…
Read MoreJohn 4:10 If you knew…_
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” John 4:10 NKJV There are several incredible things about Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the…
Read MoreProverbs 11:7 Hope and expectation_
Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing. Proverbs 11:7 NIV The New KJV translation: When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of the unjust perishes. Proverbs 11:7 NKJV Hope and expectation are a universal compasses within man that provide a well…
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