“He continued according to plan…” (Luke 8:1 MSG) Jesus’ life and ministry went according to plan. Let that sink in for a minute. The divine plan included a teen pregnancy, an incredibly inconvenient census, a midnight flight to Egypt on foot, a childhood spent in…
Author: Anna
“Just then a woman of the village, the town harlot, having learned that Jesus was a guest in the home of the Pharisee, came with a bottle of very expensive perfume and stood at His feet, weeping, raining tears on His feet. Letting down her…
“You’re blessed when you’ve lost it all. God’s Kingdom is there for the finding.” (Luke 6:20 MSG) A dear friend of mine has been talking to me about loss; how a fire survivor has to figure out a way to go forward with nothing but…
“He must become greater; I must become less.” (John 3:30 NIV) He > I It’s a whole lot more than a catchy bumper sticker, it’s a lifestyle of surrender. It’s a continuous perspective we seek to maintain. Even seasoned Christians are susceptible to weight shift…
“Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wild.” (Luke 4:1) Jesus left the Jordan for the Negev. That may not mean a lot if you’ve never set foot in Israel, but picture with me…
“Prepare for God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight! Every ditch will be filled in, every bump smoothed out, the detours straightened out, all the rut paved over. Everyone will be there to see the parade of God’s salvation.” (Luke 3:4-6 MSG) Somewhere along…
“Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself. The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had seen and heard. It turned out to exactly the way they’d been told!” (Luke 2:19-20 MSG) It turns…
“So you can know beyond a shadow of a doubt the reliability of what you were taught.” (Luke 1:4 MSG) Luke writes an account of the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ so that Theophilus can know. So that we, two thousand years later,…
“She was thinking to herself, “If I can just put a finger on His robe, I’ll get well.” (Matthew 9:21 MSG) The woman with the issue of blood had come to the end of her rope in every way. She was completely and utterly spent.…
“My grace is enough. It’s all you need.” (2 Corinthians 12:9 MSG) I’ve been thinking about Naomi this morning, how she left her country full and came back empty. She felt so marked by her experiences in exile that she was compelled to change her…