What does it look like to live real life with God? There may be numerous answers to that question, but perhaps no portion of Scripture provides a clearer picture of...
Read Isaiah 9:1-7 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of...
Read Matthew 4:12-17 and Mark 1:15 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 Leaving Nazareth,...
Gospel Truth: JESUS IS WITH YOU IN THE WILDERNESS PLACES This week we looked at the wilderness temptation of Jesus, which is pivotal for defining His way of ministry. This...
Read Deuteronomy 6:13-19 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. 14 Do not follow other...
Read 1 Peter 3:8-17 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay...
Read Psalm 91:9-16 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 9 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, 10 no harm will...
Read Deuteronomy 8:1-6 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter...
Read Hebrews 4:14-16 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven,[a] Jesus the Son of God, let us...
Read Matthew 4:1-11 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days...