The longer Eve engaged the snake in conversation, the deeper the doubt took root.
Tag: fellowship
The Good Shepherd goes about His business of caring for people even in the midst of antagonists.
I think again about Eden and how Adam and Eve walked in unbroken fellowship with God. Isn’t that the highest aim of Spirit empowerment? We hope to hear God’s heart and leading and possess the strength to follow Him unflinchingly. As Spirit-filled believers we experience Eden again by some small measure. Additionally, we carry a bit of Eden into every interaction, conversation, meeting and meal.
We see it so clearly in the Lazarus story: Jesus is the difference between life and death. It’s extra dramatic in the Lazarus account, but it isn’t any less true in our personal stories. Before Jesus comes on our scene, we are lost and dying in sin. After our encounter with Jesus, we are rescued and alive for eternity. The question is, what are we to do with this new life we’ve been given?
If anyone had valid reason to walk away from the pain of relationship with Jesus and His body of believers, it was His mother. And yet, she didn’t.
I don’t know where or who I’d be apart from the Holy Spirit’s prompting and the tireless help of my believing friends.
The truth is, a meal with dear friends has always been a gift, we just struggle to see it amidst all our excess.
“Later, when Jesus was eating supper at Matthew’s house with his close followers, a lot of disreputable characters came and joined them.” (Matthew 9:10 MSG) Jesus often did the unexpected. In fact, He had just made fast friends with a tax collector – the vilest…
A year or so ago I suffered a great offense. This was the kind of offense that could compel a heart batten down the hatches and never trust again. Quite honestly, since that offense it has been hard to coax my heart back out into…