Did You Know? The Apostle John records that not only did Jesus know that His time of departure was near, but that the Father had given all things into His hand. It was then with this knowledge that Jesus willingly went to the cross. “Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that […]

Following At A Distance As Jesus was being arrested, Peter bravely pulls out a sword and cuts off the high priest’s servant’s ear, and then ran for his life. But he never stopped following Jesus; he just now followed at a distance. (Luke 22:54) What keeps us following God at a distance? God said it […]

Living For Jesus While We Wait There is a beautiful example of how we are to live our life until the Lord returns. It comes from an obscure individual in the Bible. His name is Mephibosheth. Crippled from being dropped when he was a child, hiding out in a desolate land, Lo Debar, sought after […]

What’s It To You? After His resurrection Jesus appeared to the disciples by the Sea of Galilee where Peter asked about John. Jesus replied, “‘If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.’ Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple […]

No, It’s Not Hopeless Making the decision to follow God isn’t as hopeless as we may think. But far too often we think that following God is way too difficult, so we end up following our own ways instead. This was the position God’s people when the Lord told them to repent. “That is hopeless! […]