John 4:35
John 4:35, “Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.” And the harvest is reaped—even now—as the crucified and risen Jesus is proclaimed in the power of the Spirit.
John 4:14
John 4:14, “But whoever drink of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The Living Water is the Spirit who flows from the Father and the Son, revealing to us the
2 Corinthians 1:9
2 Corinthians 1:9, “…we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.” May every support in our lives that does not have the risen Jesus at its heart be transformed or cut away so that we lean
Luke 1:35
Luke 1:35, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.” The incarnation reveals the Trinity. Yes, when the Word takes on flesh, He does not only reveal the Father, but He reveals the
Ephesians 3:19
Ephesians 3:19, “…and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” This is the culmination of Paul’s prayer to the Father in Ephesians 3:14-19, and—as I’m sure I’ve said in this journal before—it is stunning in its simplicity and depth. Would we be
Deuteronomy 8:2
Deuteronomy 8:2, “And you shall remember the whole way that YHWH your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that He might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart.” This dynamic is true throughout the Bible, but we see it in clear focus here—namely, that testing reveals what
Hebrews 2:9
Hebrews 2:9, “…so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.” The idea for today’s verse picture was planted as I listened last week to a talk by poet/philosopher/priest Malcom Guite. During his presentation, he mentioned that he already knew what his death would be like because he’d seen it happen
Romans 8:23
Romans 8:23, “…we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” As I read Romans 8:18-25 this morning, I was struck by what a primary role HOPE plays in the Christian experience under the curse of Genesis
John 17:3
John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” John 17:3 is one of the most paradigmatic verses for me in all of scripture….it overflows with implications for all of life and informs pretty much everything I do and create…So with
Romans 6:3-4
Romans 6:3-4, “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in
John 16:14-15
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…” I was reading through John 16 this morning and was once again struck by the unique role that Jesus tells us the Spirit fulfills. The Spirit glorifies the Son,
John 14:27
John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” As I considered this morning what exactly the “Peace” that Jesus gives is, I noticed a few things: First,
2 Corinthians 4:6
2 Corinthians 4:6, “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” The Spirit-wrought work of regeneration causes us to see the crucified Christ and say, “my Lord and my
2 Peter 1:2
2 Peter 1:2, “May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” The experiential grace and peace that are ours by the Spirit multiply to us as we know more of God’s glory in Christ through the Spirit.
Psalm 23:6
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of YHWH forever” – Psalm 23:6 The Passage In these 6 short verses, David has walked through green pastures, dark valleys, and feasts prepared in the presence of his enemies, and now—as Psalm 23 draws to
Colossians 1:11
Colossians 1:11, “May you be strengthened with all power according to His glorious might for endurance and patience with joy…” By the power of the Spirit, may we bear up patiently under life’s fleeting affliction with joy in our hearts, knowing that the Father has transferred us for all time in the kingdom of
Romans 12:1
Romans 12:1, “I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” By His grace, may all that we are, have, and ever hope to be, be daily laid on the altar.
Luke 10:41-42
Luke 10:41-42, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but ONE THING is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” May the one thing Mary chose be the one thing we forever seek: to sit at the Lord’s feet, listen to His teaching,
Galatians 5:16-17
Galatians 5:16-17, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh…” May an overriding desire for Christ, granted by the indwelling Spirit, drive us to
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Habakkuk 3:17-18, “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet will I rejoice in YHWH; I will take joy in