When God tells you something, do you wonder how it's gonna happen?What He's gonna do to bring it forth , or do you challenge Him and ask Him to prove it to you. Read Luke 1 and think about the differences in Mary's response to Gabriel and Zaharias'. Both were used by God, both were righteous. But Mary's response was "How will this happen?" and Zacharias' response was, "Give me a sign/prove it." I have been looking over my responses to God. Unfortunately, I seldom respond with amazement...

A quick study of what Jesus has to say about the Holy Spirit in just a few chapters of the book of John (this is NOT an exhaustive study). John 13-19 are full of exalted words of Christ. These chapters make up 1/3 of the book and are dedicated to the last 24 hours of the Earthly life of Jesus. 155 Verses not uttered in any of the other Gospels. Exalted words from Christ including His High Priestly Prayer. Within this block of scripture appear nine themes: What Christ said about: Himself...

Romans 5 Would you die for a "righteous" person or a "good" person? vs7 Well, "righteous" sounds pretty awesome, actually it sounds...