What do you do when life throws you a curve ball; when the unexpected happens? If it’s not too drastic, you can probably adjust to it fairly easily. Yet what if it is decidedly different than you had anticipated? Jesus’s disciples had this experience. Once they knew for certain that He was God’s promised Messiah, Jesus began to tell them what the future held for Him. He told them they would go to Jerusalem, He would suffer many things from…..
How is your heart today? Is it broken? Is it hurting? Is it fearful? Is it angry? Is it hard? What about peaceful? Is it joyful? Our heart, or the seat of our emotions, feels many things. God created us with those feelings. And yet, God asked us to have a heart of flesh instead if a heart of stone (Ezekiel 36:26). What does that mean? A heart of flesh is a heart that is soft. It is pliable. It…..
Heaven. People want to go to this glorious place where there is no more suffering, pain or tears. I know I want to end up there! Jesus talked about the kingdom of heaven, or God’s work on earth to bring people into His family, and ultimately into heaven in Matthew chapter13. He said some interesting things: It would be offered, but not all would receive it. The reception of God’s wonderful gift would depend upon the condition of our hearts……