We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.
Today, Jesus tells a story that demonstrates what it reeeeeeally looks like to love others:
The Good Samaritan
Great Forgiveness, Great Love
We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.
A Pharisee invited Jesus to dinner. They were joined by an unexpected “guest”:
A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
Revolutionary Love
We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.
We’re sitting at Jesus’ feet listening to the greatest sermon ever preached: the Sermon on the Mount.
Today, we come to what a theologian named John Stott called the “highest point of the Sermon on the Mount.” I love how he describes it:
It is both most admired and most resented, namely the attitude of total love which Christ calls us to show towards one who is evil and our enemies. Nowhere is the challenge of the Sermon greater. Nowhere is the distinctness of the Christian counter-culture more obvious. Nowhere is our need of the power of the Holy Spirit (whose first fruit is love) more compelling.
Pray through these words with all your ♥:
God’s Big Plan
We continue our journey through every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.
Today we continue our discussion started yesterday here about one of the most famous conversations in human history. To recap, Nick, a religious leader, came to see Jesus to find out more about the man and his mission. Jesus described the necessity of a spiritual rebirth and then uttered these beautiful words, the most frequently quoted in the entire Bible:
Top 10 Countdown: #1
We’re counting down the top ten Bible verses of all time, as determined by researchers with very large brains who analyze how often each verse is referenced.
Drum roll, please. Here’s the absolute #1 most popular Bible verse in the history of the universe.
You learned it in Sunday School. You’ve seen it on banners at sporting events. Maybe you’ve even got it tattooed on your biceps.
Praying Hands
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13)
We continue our PRAYER-O-RAMA 2021 festivities with a little story about the painting to the right …
Two struggling art students, Albrecht Dürer and Franz Knigstein, were having trouble making ends meet. Albrecht came up with a plan: he would work to support Franz’s studies and then when Franz had sold enough art to support both of them, Albrecht would quit working and go back to school. Franz liked the idea but insisted on being the first to work.
Jesus Speaks
Our 40-day journey with Jesus draws nearer to its climax.
Here’s today’s question: What would you do if you knew you only had a few days to live?
Jesus spent much of his last week on earth preaching and teaching. He didn’t want anyone to miss his message.
Some of his core themes that week:
