You are qualified to share the Good News
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 8 YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. (Acts 8:35) Philip was in an unusual spot. As far as we know, he had not been trained in the Scriptures. He was no […]
Jesus is your freedom from rejection
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Luke 10 JESUS IS YOUR FREEDOM FROM REJECTION “But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God […]
God has put His trust in you
Scripture Notes on 1 Thessalonians 2 Just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. (1 Thessalonians 2:4) It is the richest treasure in all creation, the greatest gift God could offer mankind. It is life […]
Let Jesus free you from rejection
Scripture Notes on Luke 10 “But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ … ‘The one who hears you […]
Spoken Against
When sharing Jesus gets you in trouble, what’s THAT about? “With regard to this sect [the Way of Jesus] we know that everywhere it is spoken against.” -Acts 28:22 When Paul comes to share the Good News in Rome, he’s told what he probably already knew: what is “good news” to those who know their […]
To Hear Him
When Jesus speaks, what is He like?
“Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him.” -Luke 15:1
How striking that the down-and-outs and outcasts of society were coming to Jesus not just because of the miracles (like many), but to “hear Him”. Something in His was and His words drew them in for more…
Old Wine, New Wine
New wine must be stored in new wineskins. But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say.” – Jesus (Luke 5:38-39) This is why we plant new churches, start new ministries, birth new movements. There is great value in the old wine, and […]
