Archive for the "Relationship with God" Category

30.Sep.2010 Jesus: Light to the World

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV): Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig [...]

12.Sep.2010 The Response

Genesis 14:17-20 (NLT): After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine. Melchizedek blessed [...]

15.Aug.2010 Now

Ephesians 3:14-21 (NLT): When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your [...]

11.Jul.2010 The Holy Spirit

Luke 1:35 (NLT): “The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”
The best thing you can do for your growth is to be open for the Holy Spirit to [...]

04.Jul.2010 Freedom

2 Corinthians 3:17 (NLT): For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
John 20:22 (NLT): Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 2:20 (NLT): My old self has been crucified with Christ.It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in [...]

04.Apr.2010 In the Tomb

Easter Sunday
John 20:1-18 (NIV): “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the [...]

28.Mar.2010 Getting Them In

Mark 2:1-12 (NLT): When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, four men arrived carrying a [...]

23.Mar.2010 In the Spirit and in Power

Luke 4:1-14 (NLT): Jesus full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are [...]

10.Jan.2010 Letting God Take the Lead

John 3: 1-5 (NLT): There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”
Jesus replied, “I tell [...]

18.Apr.2008 Jesus as the Gardner

John 15:1-6 – When we’re connected to the vine and growing from the vine we become round, plump, appealing and ready to pick. We should be the fruit that people want to take a big bite out of! Not the fruit that’s round, hard and stuck on the vine.
Being on the vine means that we’re [...]