Acts 9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, ref. - Ac 21:39 - But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. This was a vision between the Lord God and Ananias. To us this is a great story of a man who needed help. You see, he had

Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,Ye men of Athens. I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. ref. - Jer 50:38 - A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. Paul was addressing the Athenians. These were a people that had many idols and had created Gods out of many things. They made Gods out of ones they loved, ones that did good for them, animals

1 Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit. ref. - Eph. 4:4 - There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling, We often hear that we are of different faiths when belonging to different denominations of Christian Churches. What these are is a separation of God's people into different tribes because of the opinions and directions of man. This is not the operation of God. The word of God doesn't separate and say the

Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. ref. - Pr 30:8 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. This is what each of us needs. Our individual portion of what God has for us each day. Not prayers of vanity but prayers of necessity. We need things from God that will purify us and make us fit for the kingdom. We also need to have things taken from us that are not profitable. We need not abundance li

Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. ref. - Gen 2:9 - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. There are certain things that people live for. For worldly people it is wealth, knowledge, recognition, fame,..........many things. but attached to

Matthew 16:17-19 17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shal

2 Corinthians 7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. ref. - Phm 8,21 - Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin ye that which is convenient. Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. How great it is to be led by men who not only abide in the Spirit but also have confidence that God will help us in our quest for obedience and eventually eternal life? Just as the Apost

1 Corinthians 5:7,8 7. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sanctified for us: 8. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. ref. - Isa 53:7 - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before his sh

Mark 7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. ref. - Mt 15:21 - Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. By the mouths of two witnesses we know that this happened.(Dt 19:15, 2Cor 13:1). Now that we have established that this did actually happen let us look into why it happened. Jesus was performing miracles across the land. He

2 Thessalonians 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. ref. - Lk 10:16 - He that hearth you hearth me, and he who despiseth you despiseth me; snd he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 1Jn 3:24 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. We must pay close attention to how we treat other people