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A Conversation with AI Jesus
So, last week I read an article discussing the “Text with Jesus” app. Yes, you read that correctly – “Text with Jesus.” In this app, you can text with Jesus, the Apostles, Prophets, Mary, Joseph, and other notable figures in the Bible (most of the figures require an upgrade to text). Isn’t that amazing? I wonder if message and data rates apply when you’re texting Heaven? Inspired by the article and out of my own curiosity, I downloaded the app. I included my husband in on my little test and we came up with several questions to ask “Jesus” – questions that we knew the true answer to because the…
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Wait…He’s Not What?
I recently read an article over at The Gospel Coalition’s website summarizing the results of the 2022 Ligonier Ministries’ State of Theology survey. Though this article was originally published last September, I only came across it within the past month or so. This survey asked Americans their views on the Christian faith. What the results showed for evangelical Christians somewhat shocked me, and not in a good way. Though I could probably write a post for each of the points, I want to focus on one particular point as it relates to the entire foundation of the Christian faith. If you would like to read the entire article, including what…
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One of the Scariest Verses in the Bible
I was talking with someone the other day about this verse found in Matthew 7: “Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your names, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.‘” – Jesus Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus spoke these words while giving His Sermon on the Mount. He may…
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Growing Together: Stretching My Faith
Welcome to my new blog series “Growing Together.” In this series, I will share with you what I’m learning in my life at the moment through various situations. This differs from my “Abide in Him” series because it’s not a Bible study, but rather my thoughts about things I believe the Lord is teaching me. My hope is that you find this series encouraging and helpful. Feel free to share with me what you’re going through in the Comments section below so we can encourage each other in our faith in Jesus. “Walk by faith, not by sight,” (2 Corinthians 5:7). This is what the Lord has impressed upon me…
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Abide in Him: 2 Peter 1:10-11
Since most of us are staying home for the next couple of weeks, let’s use this time to work on our Scripture memorization. This is our last section of 2 Peter 1 to memorize. Before we begin our study of verses 10-11, let’s recite verses 3-9. Try it first from memory: “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and excellence, by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the…
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Abide in Him: 2 Peter 1:8-9
How are you all doing with these memory verses? Are you putting all of them together to keep it fresh in your mind? Let’s say them together, beginning with verse 3: “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and excellence, by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them we may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your…
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Abide in Him: 2 Peter 1:5
Before I dive into our new verse, let’s review what we’ve learned already. Test yourself and try to say verses 3 and 4 out loud first, before reading the text. Here we go: “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and excellence by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.” This week, we will add verses 5-7. Do…
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Abide in Him: 2 Peter 1:4
This week, we will add on to our previous verse. Before we jump into verse 4, let’s review verse 3: “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and excellence…” Verse 4 is the last part of the sentence we started to learn last time and it continues to explain why we should add to our faith in order to keep from being ineffective and lacking in the knowledge of Jesus. I chose these verses for our memorization project because they serve as a good reminder of what we can…
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Abide in Him: 2 Peter 1:3
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas season. As with all Christmas seasons, this one seemed to have passed too quickly. Now it’s time to jump back into the normal routine of life and into our verse memorization project. We will spend several weeks in 2 Peter 1. We’re actually going to work on memorizing verses 3 – 11. I’m sure some of you are thinking there is no way you can memorize that many verses. I’m here to tell you that yes, you can memorize that many verses. I’m not asking you to do all of these verses at once. We will break this chunk of…
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Pruning the Heart
If you want a prayer answered quickly, then ask the LORD to show you your heart, that is, to reveal any hidden sins, false beliefs, unbelief, impurity, and so on. He is more than willing to answer that prayer quickly. I’ve prayed this prayer a few times in my life, and it’s always answered. In fact, I’m currently experiencing this now. To say this week has been a bit tough spiritually is an understatement. I’ve been shown through various ways how I could love others better, pray for loved ones more, trust in the LORD wholeheartedly, and give generously without fear. So, why do this? Why pray for God to…
