BUILDING ON BEDROCK

Continuing our "Reflections" on Matthew chapter 5, we now consider the words of Jesus Christ: "You are the light of the world." Was He contradicting Himself? In what sense are His followers "light"? How does this statement relate to other things He said? And what does it mean for us in our daily lives? As always, I hope this "Reflection" is a challenge and a blessing!

Returning to the Gospel of Matthew, we pick up where we left off in chapter 5. These are Kingdom principles, and teach us how to relate to each other...as well as the lost, hurting and dying among us. May this Word light a fire under us! Blessings.

We conclude our Reflections on Psalm 17 with the assurance that those who "fall asleep" in Christ will indeed "wake up in righteousness"! As always, I hope this Reflection is a blessing!

Throughout Scripture, Jesus the Christ is called "a lion" or "The Lion". But somebody else is described as "LIKE a lion" or "as a a lion". We need to bware of that one. This Reflection outlines what Scripture says and gives a warning for modern believers. As always, I hope it's a blessing!

Psalm 17, like many other passages of God's Word, contains symbols. How literally should we take them? And what comfort and encouragement is there in being at God's Right Hand? Let's "Reflect" on that this week. As always, I hope it's a blessing!

The Holy Spirit uses David's struggles, expressed in Psalm 17, to teach us how to respond and who to trust, when We go through struggles. As always, I hope it's a blessing.

Like many of us, Job hovered between hope and despair while suffering. In these closing verses of chapter 14, another of his questions is answered in the God-breahted New Testament! As always, I hope this Reflection is a blessing!

Job continues his prayer in chapter 14, but makes a mistake that's corrected in subsequent passages of God's Word. Here we find another modern error corrected in the Bible, and the beginning of that correction is Job's own misunderstanding. May this Reflection bless and encourage everyone who listens!

In Job chapter 14 he continues the prayer he began in chapter 13, and reveals Truths that will be expanded as the Bible grows. In this Reflection, we see how his heart is echoed throughout God's revelation, and how the New Testanebt continues to answer his heartfelt questions.

Job takes a breat from answering his "friends" and begins a prayer that most of us would hesitate to even think about...unless we face the kind of extremes he did. He echoes what's so often in the hearts of God's people, but we often don't have the honesty to admit it, even to God. My prayer here is that we'd be freed from religiosity to express our true hearts before the God who knows what's there already.