Days 4 & 5 Matthew 5:1-12 We are little gods and goddesses of our domains. You are waiting give Your kingdom. But we cannot receive it when our hands are stuffed so full of ourselves, when we carry about with us our doings, praying for You to come even as we put hammer to nail … Continue reading Kingdom Come

Day 3 Matthew 4:12-25; Luke 5:1-11; John 1:35-42 So He leaves the wilderness and comes among us. Can you feel what it was like, those early days, when He first began to heal? The boy you have known from childhood who could barely walk, now running. The old man who hasn’t left his bed for … Continue reading Something Better

Lent, Day 2 Matthew 4:1-11 “After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came” (Mt. 4:2-3). The tempter comes. I like to think that by this point in their battle, the enemy feels somewhat desperate at his lack of success. He knows Jesus is winning. So, three times he offers … Continue reading Show Them Who You Are

Ash Wednesday Matthew 3:1-4:11 He comes to the river that day and His cousin, who wants to worship Him, baptizes Him instead. John’s hands of flesh bear God down into the water, down into death—a foreshadowing. And as Jesus rises, the Spirit descends visibly, the voice of God speaks audibly. “This is My Son, with … Continue reading Proving Ground