"salvation has come to this house". We are not told what happened other than Jesus stayed there with Zacchaeus. He was a seeking soul and it is therefore not surprising ... Read more

"be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray". No good being taken up with an hundred and one other things if you want to be effective in prayer. ... Read more

"Take careful heed to yourselves". The Lord leading and protecting His people for 40 years in the desert did not absolve them from responsibility, neither was God's care any excuse ... Read more

"these men had been with Jesus". Not only had they been with Him, but they had become like Jesus. They had caught something of the power and authority that Jesus ... Read more

"who changes rocks into pools of water and solid cliffs into flowing springs". Our verse lists rocks becoming pools of water and cliffs flowing springs, no doubt alluding to water ... Read more

"According to your faith be it unto you". The two blind men were vociferous in their appeal for mercy and their cries caused them to be brought before Him. But ... Read more

"seeing him who is invisible". This is a paradox that only those who have the experience can understand. Those listed in this great faith chapter knew about it and so ... Read more

"fear the Lord your God … walk in all his ways … love him … serve the Lord your God … with all your soul". With these words God commands ... Read more

"taken up dead". The unforeseen happens, our circumstances change, things are no longer the same and what we knew as something very much alive we take up as something dead. ... Read more

p>"the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play". Aaron proclaimed it a feast to the Lord but it was idolatry. When worship becomes eating, ... Read more