Burdens

ScriptureGenesis 35:17-18″And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “don’t despair, for you have another son.” As she breathed her last-for she was dying-she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him...

Knowing

ScriptureLuke 13:26-27″Then you will say, “We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.” But he will reply, “I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers.”ObservationJesus warned these people...

The Blame Game

ScriptureGenesis 30:1, 23-24″When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!” “She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said,...

The State Within

ScriptureLuke 11:39-41″Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? But now as for...

The Source of Joy

ScriptureLuke 10:19-20″I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in...