The disciple that Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus… He leaned back on Jesus’ breast. (John 13:23, 25) I heard a minister on television this past week speak about passion. He suggested that many Christians are not succeeding in…
To abide: Old English word signifying progressively to “await”, “remain”, “lodge”, “sojourn”, “dwell”, “continue”, “endure”. One of the first hymns I ever sang as a soloist (a lifetime ago) was, “In Heavenly Love Abiding”: In heavenly love abiding no change…
By Katie Heid My day job forces me to dissect stories like this one. I laid awake two nights mulling the demons this mother faced, and the ones her young children stared down in their final moments. My heart is…
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord…
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will…