"faith as small as a mustard seed". The disciples had asked Jesus to increase their faith. It was as if they thought Jesus was responsible for their level of faith. ... Read more

"we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard". You can't keep quiet: what has happened directs your mind and governs your tongue. You know that if God ... Read more

"live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature". Think and act positively expecting the new life in the Spirit to kill the desires ... Read more

"Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge". Learning comes more easily to some than others. Some find no difficulty in paying attention while others have ... Read more

"You have stayed long enough at this mountain". Some of us can settle down and be comfortable anywhere. But a halfway house is not for permanent residence. The Children of ... Read more

"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