Reading: Matthew 20:29-34 “The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet….” (v.31) We sing during our worship service at church–our tongues articulate the words, and yet the moment it starts to enter our hearts and minds we restrain the tears from falling from our eyes, and our arms from lifting up to worship…
Reading: Matthew 15:29-39 His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?” The miraculous feeding of the five thousand had just happened, and yet the disciples were anxious where to get bread for the four thousand—which is even a thousand lower. Oh God! Forgive us for…
Reading: Matthew 15:29-39 I am always amazed at the Lord’s compassion. When great crowds brought to him the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and ‘many others’ (fill in the blank, my friend) and laid them at his feet—Jesus healed them. Nobody was turned away. And what a happy sight that would have been—people…
Reading: Matthew 7:15-23 “Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” (vv.22,23) We wouldn’t have thought that ungodly people could…
