Tag Archives: Our Hope

“Your kingdom come.. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  Matthew 6:10 (NKJV) “YOUR will be done … “.  The text does not state my will.  It does not read our will.  Jesus said it, and He said it quite clearly.  He was speaking of the Father, and ...

“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.” John 1:6-7 (NKJV) John the Baptist preached in the wilderness.  The wilderness in this case was anywhere that Jesus was not ...

“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.  He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.  And He will reign over ...

“So Jesus answered and said to him, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ The blind man said, ‘Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.’  Then Jesus said to Him, ‘Go your way; your faith has made you well.’  And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus ...

Studying Ishmael’s life and specifically his rejection reminds us that life is not always fair. Sometimes the people who should take care of us and protect us from the cruelties of the world fail to do. Other times, the people we love most are the very ones who inflict pain ...