Luke 1:52, “He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate.” Short Thoughts: Through the crucified and risen Son, God shatters the foundation of every human power and lifts the humbly dependent to Himself. Long Thoughts: This picture was actually based on Psalm 107:40-41, 43….however, once I’d finished in […]
Romans 10:4,9, “Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes….becuase if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” There are no “short thoughts” today, the text from Romans says pretty clearly
John 20:16, “Mary.” Short Thoughts: Because He has gone before them through suffering into glory, when the Risen Christ calls His sheep by name, He turns their mourning to joy, their sorrow to laughter, and their death into life. Long Thoughts: John 10:3-4, “…He calls His own sheep by name and leads them
Leviticus 13:45-46, “The leprous person who haas the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose…His dwelling shall be outside the camp.” Hebrews 13:12, “Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood.” Short Thoughts: In Christ, YHWH Himself becomes the
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John 18:38, “what is truth?” – Pilate John 14:6, “I am…the Truth…” – Jesus Short Thoughts: Truth is the Person we meet in the suffering, dying, and rising Jesus. Long Thoughts: John 18:37, “For this reason I was born and for this reason I came into the world, in order to bear witness
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Acts 20:35, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Short Thoughts: This principle is true only because the Triune God Himself—the most blessed of all—is the supreme Giver, as He declares definitively in the Son at the cross. Long Thoughts: What does it mean for something to be “more blessed”? Does it
Revelation 5:9, “…for you were slain…” Short Thoughts: The events of Revelation transpire because the scroll is opened. The scroll is opened because the Lamb is worthy. The Lamb is worthy because He was slain. One implication we can draw from this is that, as the Beloved Son hung naked and beaten and shamed
Psalm 102:15-21 Nations will fear the name of YHWH and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory For YHWH builds up Zion; He appears in His glory; He regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a
Revelation 2:10, “Do not fear what you are about to suffer.” Short Thoughts: May we receive from Christ’s hand whatever suffering He might ordain—not fearing it as the assault of an enemy—but receiving it as a mercifully appointed, wisely authored, lovingly tempered means for our deepest good. Long Thoughts: Perhaps the first thing
Daniel 7: 13-14,” …behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.” Revelation 5:9, “Worthy are you
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John 16:20, “You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.” Short Thoughts: As Christ turned water into wine at a wedding (John 2:9), so too —at the wedding supper of the Lamb—the slain and risen Bridegroom will turn the “water“ of His Bride’s sorrow into the “wine” of her eternal joy.
John 16:14-15, “He will glorify me, for He will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine…” Short Thoughts: This is how we know the One True God: the Holy Spirit shows us the glory of the Son who dies and rises again, whom to see is
Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her…” As with Monday’s picture, today’s picture also comes directly from my storyboarding for the next animation, “Everlasting Arms.” In the animation, this scene comes at the moment where the Bride’s eyes are opened—where Ezekiel 36:26 or 2
Jeremiah 2:13, “…my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” May we ever increasingly drink from and rejoice in the living water of the Christ-exalting Spirit that flows to us because of the work of
Romans 8:28, “…for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” A truth invincibly secured by and supremely expressed in the crucified and risen Christ.
Matthew 5:16, “…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Short Thoughts: Christians ought to be explicit about Jesus When our good works are flavored and illumined by the supremacy of the slain and risen Lord, they become pointers
John 14:26-27, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things an bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I love with you…” Short Thoughts: The Spirit illumines and ignites the self-revelatory words of the Son so that, in
Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her…” As with Monday’s picture, today’s picture also comes directly from my storyboarding for the next animation, “Everlasting Arms.” In the animation, this scene comes at the moment where the Bride’s eyes are opened—where Ezekiel 36:26 or 2
Leviticus 9:6; 22-23, “This is the thing that YHWH commanded you to do, that the glory of YHWH may appear to you…[Aaron] came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tenor of meeting, and when the came out they blessed the
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Jeremiah 2:13, “…my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” May we ever increasingly drink from and rejoice in the living water of the Christ-exalting Spirit that flows to us because of the work of
