Surrendering to God is what we do as we realize we are on the wrong path in life and open our hearts to His guidance. Saul, who we know as the Apostle Paul, experienced this when Jesus broke into his life while he was traveling to Damascus to persecute believers. Acts 9:3 As he was approaching …
What if Jesus does the unexpected in your life? Will you be offended and walk away from Jesus? Or will you use this as an opportunity for a new adventure with the Lord? The Disciples Had Expectations of the Kingdom of Jesus The two disciples walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus shared their expectations of Jesus …
How would you react if you had an unexpected encounter with Jesus? Luke 23: 26 As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, happened to be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and, put the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.[1] Like Simon, sometimes …
God used an unexpected man to defend the apostles. The apostles had been arrested for preaching about Jesus and were on trial before the Sanhedrin, the ruling council of the Jews. Peter had just declared that they would not obey the council but God and continue to preach Jesus. The council had ordered Jesus to …
In our story, Jesus does the unexpected. People were in a house listening to Jesus preach, but suddenly, a hole began to open in the roof above them. Four men lowered their paralyzed friend in front of Jesus. But. Jesus was not irritated with this incident. Luke 5: 20 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the …
We don’t know when David wrote Psalm 13, but we know that David had some dashed expectations. The prophet Samuel had called David from the sheep pasture to anoint him to be the next king of Israel. He was probably about 12 at the time. David seemed to be on the fast track to kingship …
What if Jesus does the unexpected in your life? Will you be offended and walk away from Jesus? Or will you use this as an opportunity for a new adventure with the Lord? The Disciples Had Expectations of the Kingdom of Jesus The two disciples walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus shared their expectations of Jesus …
Have you ever had something happen to you that was totally unexpected in a good way? Jesus does the unexpected in today’s story. Perhaps you have been surprised by birthday party, an unexpected call from a friend, or unanticipated encouragement. Life can be full of the unexpected, and Jesus often does the unexpected as we …
Samuel had anointed David to be the next king. When David wrote the 23rd Psalm he would have been best friends with the son of King Saul and married to the king’s daughter. To the world, it would look like David was on the fast track to become king. God had told him it would …