In 26 verses, John chapter 17 contains Jesus’s high priestly prayer. It was His prayer to God The Father before Jesus’s crucifixion… and it was on your behalf, on my behalf, for all those who would ever receive the gracious gift of salvation through all of human history. Jesus begins His prayer with, “Father, the…

Shepherds in biblical times and in the Jewish culture are quite fascinating. Their work was humble, simple yet a sacrificial calling. The flock is the shepherd’s possession, but unlike the Western view of what one’s possession is, the flock is treasured, well-cared for and sacrificed for because the flock is in the shepherd’s possession. A…

One of the great and beautiful mysteries of The Bible is how God uses marriage to illustrate His love of us. The Apostle Paul even describes it as such in the well-known chapter Ephesians 5 (verse 32). Mark 2:19-20, John 3:29, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation chapters 19, 21 and 22 are among many other passages…

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If we are to savor God as He commands us to in the Bible (because He is worthy and Holy), we must understand and savor His attributes. The following is not an exhaustive, but a short summary of some of God’s attributes: God is eternal, infinite — He had always existed in eternity past and…

There are seasons where I feel like I am on autopilot everyday and it could last for weeks or even months. God said of Israel, “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, to hew for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water” (Jeremiah 2:13).…

To truly grasp God’s wonderous love, we must internalize the fact that He is Holy. If you were asked to use a word that encapsulates everything God is, what would it be? Love? Power? Creative? Wisdom? Justice? Eternal? Yes, all of these words describe God because He in His very essence IS all of these…

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,” (Hebrews 12:28) Contrary to what many well-meaning but confused believers think, we ought not to be afraid of an all-knowing, all-powerful God, obeying His Word merely because we know this about…

Jesus’s finished work on The Cross gave us new life in three ways: Firstly, we are no longer dead in our trespasses but new creatures – sinners covered by Jesus’s righteousness and have been given access to The Father and regenerative hearts through which the Holy Spirit will carry on a work of sanctification (life-long…

Gratitude is not just something that causes joy when things are going well. Gratitude also comes from a surrendered heart to the Almighty’s sovereignty and the intentional declaration that no matter what happens, God is still good. Years ago, I used to have this irrational fear of being grateful for my cirumstances. I somehow thought…