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Holy Disruptions - Merry Christmas Have you had a holy disruption? The scriptures are full of examples of holy disruptions. When God ignore the normal and enter into your life to accomplish His purpose, that is what I have called “holy disruption “. You must have one and continue to experience many before you and I see God face to face and be with Him forever. This Christmas, let’s look at the most important holy disruption and that is that a Holy God became a man to save all men and women from their sins. This ordained event happened through many lives more than 2000 years ago. It is still happening today. Please read all of it in Luke chapter one. The normal wedding and honeymoon of Mary and Joseph were disrupted. Who doesn’t want a normal and even extra normal wedding and honeymoon? No one. Prior to Mary and Joseph but related for the same purposes of God, Elizabeth and Zachariah’s lives were disrupted and they lived childless into old age so that God will show His power an...

Dear Saints: “12 The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 We will continue to read the WORD today. Let the living WORD (Christ Himself) speak to us as we read. Here is chapters 13 -14 :6 of John. Please read the entire book of John. Enjoy the reading and be blessed as you read. Lord, please speak to each and every one of us as we read. Please show us things about you we have never seen before in the book of John. Please renew our minds so we can know your perfect will and make you known to all. Help us to believe you and trust you today. 2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 Lord, we thank you for your everlasting love and faithfulness to...

Thanksgiving to Who? It is Thanksgiving in America. Yeah! I received a beautiful Thanksgiving card from my insurance company this past week. It’s a portrait of the beauty of the fall colors in the woods with a running river. The art is first class by a lady identified as a “naturalist painter”. The words were penned by an accomplished lady poet. I read the words and was confused and wondering what it was saying. It had the right words such as gratitude but I couldn’t make out who was being thanked. I could identify the things that were being appreciated but I couldn’t see who was being thanked for those things. This will score very high as one of the most politically correct seasonal greetings. Here is excerpt from the card: “We forever roam through the landscapes of our heart, finding strength in the arms and roots of ancient trees…We give thanks for eternal places that call our name, urging us to pause, breathe and grow. Happy thanksgiving.” This is a classic example of what ...

Book of John- Believe for Eternal Life We are beginning our study of the book of John or the Gospel of John as recorded by Apostle John. If it’s a book written today it will have a book cover and a title and likely a subtitle. I have a firsthand experience since I have just written a book to be published soon. John’s book would look like this: Cover title: Jesus Christ God is Here Subtitle: Believe Him for Eternal Life This book is not a standalone book but rather one of 66 other books saying the same thing in different forms and in different periods and different genres. We call the 66 books the Bible. They are all pointing to Jesus Christ, Son of God, God Himself and savior of the world. The purpose of the book of John is very clear and well stated – how to find eternal life (see John 20:31). Let’s look at the Bible as a big Manual for life and as we would look to a car Manual or any other equipment such as the cell phone. Have you noticed that in many Manuals they have...

“I Am With You Always” We end our study and meditations on the book of Matthew today. We end with the last words and promise of Jesus “I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.” Matthew 28:20. This promise is to His Disciples. We know that only those who believe and trust in Jesus are His disciples. God's Holy Spirit only lives and abides in His disciples. If you are not a disciple, then this is the time to become one by believing and trusting in the death, burial, resurrection of Christ for forgives of sins and for all righteousness. It can’t be any better that God Himself will be with you us always. God, the Almighty and Creator of all things will be with me always? It is mind blowing and I can’t yet comprehend and absorb it all. Can you? Notice that the book of Matthew started with the same promise and ended with the same promise. In Matthew 1:23, we read, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means “God wit...

Make Disciples “18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go [c]therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” [d]Amen.” Matthew 28:18-20. “Make Disciple” is a compound verb. It calls for action but it also calls for “being” more than “doing”. We are Disciples of Christ. We are followers and Christ-look-alikes. If we are to make disciples, we must be disciples. Being a disciple is an on-going relationship and fellowship with Christ. We have seen that unbelief will stop anyone from being a disciple. If you do not believe in Christ, you are not a disciple. We have also seen that we must understand He who commands and His authority to send. When we recognize and understand that the one with “all authority” lives in...

“All Authority” to Go and Make Disciples Last week we were confronted with any unbelief and doubt regarding who Jesus is and the truth of His resurrection. If Jesus has not risen, our faith is futile. Any unbelief in this truth is good indication that one is not of Christ and Christ does not live in him/her. We saw that Jesus “rebuked” his disciples of unbelief before He could command them to go make disciples. Today, we look at what Jesus told the disciples regarding who is sending them and the “authority” He has. Here is our text under study: Matthew 28:16-20: "16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go [c]therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teac...