by Cheryl Knight | Jan 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15 ESV). The Bible tells us to “rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15 ESV). Have you noticed that the second part of that sentence is easy, but the first part can be...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Our postmodern culture today is wicked and lawless, afflicted with the cowardice that comes from having a bad conscience. In that sense it is decidedly unfree and enslaved to its own self-destructive impulses. Tragically, many people today interpret...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr. Charles Stanley Numbers 21:4-9 Although we never like to admit it, God will at times use hardships, such as tragedy, to shake us out of self-centeredness and other misguided attitudes. Unexpected hardship is often accompanied by a season of intense clarity. The...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry… I know their sorrows” (Exod. 3:7). The grammar here is intense: “seeing I have seen” (רָאה רָאִיתִי). Understand, then, that God...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
“And when she (Yocheved) could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of reeds and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank” (Exod. 2:3). The sages note that what distinguishes...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Unless you turn (shuv) and become like children, you will never (οὐ μὴ) enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 18:3). Such is the importance of simple trust in God… Indeed Yeshua repeatedly taught us to trust God as “Abba,” our Father (אַבָּא...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr. Charles Stanley Daniel 6:1-28 Daniel had been faithfully living out his commitment to the Lord from the time he was a teenager. His witness of integrity and godliness was earned over a lifetime, during which he’d been challenged frequently to compromise his faith....
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The first words of Yeshua recorded in John’s Gospel are a question: “What are you seeking?” And the second express an invitation: “Come and see…” (John 1:38-39). The problem with many of us is not that we are so hungry, but rather...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr. David Jeremiah Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance. Psalm 42:5 Recommended Reading Matthew 26:36-38 Counselors tell us the first step in overcoming a...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Emunah (i.e., “faith”) therefore understands temporal suffering as part of the greater purposes of God in the world. It sees beyond the painful moment and trusts that God is “busy putting all the pieces together.” Everything has a reason, and that includes...
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