Tag Archives: Faith

A New Promise

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan … Continue reading

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They Didn’t Understand

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We’re going up to Jerusalem, and everything that’s written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He’ll be delivered over to the Gentiles. They’ll mock him, insult him … Continue reading

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The Power of a Little Faith

“Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come,” said Jesus, “but woe to anyone through whom they come. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than … Continue reading

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Get Ready

“Don’t worry about your life,” said Jesus. “Don’t worry about what you’ll eat or what you’ll wear. For life’s more than food, and the body more than clothes. “Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap, they have no storeroom … Continue reading

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Remarkable Events

When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house because his only … Continue reading

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Her Great Love

When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the … Continue reading

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Don’t Cry

When Jesus had finished speaking to the people, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, … Continue reading

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Something New

One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They’d come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. … Continue reading

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Our Confidence

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying … Continue reading

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True Love

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Don’t be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil … Continue reading

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