Category: Reflections of Jesus

13 Speaking with Authority

13 Speaking with Authority

Our Situation:Have you ever sent an older child to give instruction to a younger child, only to have the child come back and tell you, “Johnnie wouldn’t listen to me.” Why? The younger child doesn’t want to be bossed by his older sibling is one reason, usually. But, the bigger reason is that they don’t […]
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12-Eyes that SEE, by faith

12-Eyes that SEE, by faith

Our Situation: What does it mean to SEE through eyes of faith? In CS Lewis’ final book in his Narnia series, he describes a scene that illustrates this point well I think. The children are all in a barn, and some of them can see Narnia, but all the dwarf can see is the walls […]
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11-From Seeing to Believing Faith

11-From Seeing to Believing Faith

Our Situation: God loves to help us to grow in our faith. Often God will use hardship and difficulty to help us to trust Him. (Rom 5:3-5) But, sometimes He uses “No” in answer to a prayer, because He wants to teach us just to trust him and learn to live by faith rather than […]
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09-Born Again

09-Born Again

Our Situation:Have you ever heard someone describe something, that brought a picture to your mind, but then when you actually saw it, it didn’t look anything like you had pictured? This can happen often with Biblical truth. We can hear something, then we interpret what we think that means through the grid of our understanding, […]
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07-God’s Glory Revealed Silently

07-God’s Glory Revealed Silently

The Passage: John 2:1-11  What does it seem like Jesus’s mother is asking of him? How does Jesus respond? What “hour” is Jesus referring to? Knowing that everything Jesus did was on purpose, at the direction of God the Father, what conclusion can we draw regarding Jesus being at the wedding? What impact did His actions […]
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06-God wants to be accepted by me.

06-God wants to be accepted by me.

Our Situation:When I was in elementary school, I was not one of the most popular kids, but I really wanted to be. In fact, I remember being willing to do almost anything to impress the popular kids so they would accept me. On one particular Friday in 5th grade, we had a field trip to […]
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04-Following the Father’s Footsteps

04-Following the Father’s Footsteps

Our Situation:As a dad, there is always something special about seeing my kids follow in my footsteps. It’s really cute when they are little and you watch them try and literally step in your footsteps as you walk through the snow, or in the sand on the beach. But, as they grow, when you see […]
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05-Know God, Know His Word

05-Know God, Know His Word

Our Situation:What is your view of the sovereignty of God? I thought that I believed that God was sovereign in everything, until I faced a challenge recently. I lost my passport. Now, you may be thinking, that’s not that big of a deal, why did it challenge your view of God’s sovereignty? Well, I prayed […]
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03-When God is at Work, It’s Amazing

03-When God is at Work, It’s Amazing

Our Situation:I love stories of God working. Can you picture those times when you have seen, without a doubt, that God was at work? From time to time I have recorded the events in our lives that, when we look back, the only explanation is that God did it. I haven’t been very consistent in […]
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02-God Himself, Among Us

02-God Himself, Among Us

Our Situation:Have you ever had a situation when you were not there in person, but had to give instructions to someone else on how to do something? How did it go? Living overseas, we have had to rely on family members in the USA to take care of some financial things for us. When a […]
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