Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Here’s a thought for your Monday morning, after a weekend of serving God, His people, and a needy world. It’s from a strange event in the ministry of Jesus found in Matthew 8:34: And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus.And when they saw Him,they begged Him to…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Here’s a thought for your Monday morning, after a weekend of serving God, His people, and a needy world. It’s a warning to the leaders of the Kingdom of Judah from Micah 3:12: Therefore because of youZion shall be plowed like a field,Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,And…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Here’s a thought for your Monday morning, after a weekend of serving God, His people, and a needy world. It’s a thought from Matthew 8:26: But He said to them,“Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?”Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Today (September 7, 2020) is “Labor Day” in the United States. Many workers in the US have a holiday, intended to honor the working men and women of the country. No matter what country you live in, I’m writing this to you as a servant of Jesus Christ…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Jesus gives us something to think about after a weekend of serving God and His people: And Jesus said to him,“Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests,but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” (Matthew 8:20) A scribe came to Jesus and said he wanted to…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Jesus gives us something to think about after a weekend of serving God and His people: I will build My church,and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18b) These words of Jesus give us the first use of the word church in the New…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – I have in mind some special people for this brief word. I think of those who have worked hard to bring something from God’s word to God’s people and to all who will listen. Whether you speak to many or to few, you have a privileged place –…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Right now, many of us are thinking of how things will get back to “normal.” But if you’re like me, you also think: “Lord, I don’t want things back to where they were before all this global pandemic and other shaking events. In Jesus’ name, bring us to…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – God be with you on this Monday! I don’t know if you preached or taught the Bible this last weekend, but I wanted to bring you this encouraging word from Matthew 8:12: When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. And behold, a leper…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Happy Day-After-Pentecost! I pray that today and all this week you can walk in the power and the strength of the Holy Spirit. We need it more today than ever. Today, just a short thought from Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 5:9: Therefore we make it our aim,…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Do you remember this event from the life of Jesus? Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wildernessto be tempted by the devil. (Matthew 4:1) Immediately after Jesus identified with sinful humanity through His baptism, the Holy Spirit then led Him to the wilderness to…
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – You’re probably familiar with this wonderful event in the life of Jesus – His baptism. This was another example of His radical identification with sinful humanity. It also marked the starting point of His earthly ministry. Mark 1:9-11 tells the story: It came to pass in those days…