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Ephesians 2:6 “God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” ‘Under the circumstances’ is a common enough phrase, but if Jesus is over and above all circumstances – and as our verse says we too are seated with him ‘in the heavenly realms’ – then…

John 19:30  Jesus said: “It is finished!” When Jesus died on the cross, his last words included the emphatic: “Tetelestai!”, or “It is finished!” What did that phrase convey? Several things: ‘Tetelestai’ was used on a receipt to indicate the bill had been fully paid. Jesus actually bought us when he died on the cross.…

Watch the video here! 1 Corinthians 12:13 “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” Everything happens for a reason. When God closes a door he opens a window.…

Ephesians 6 “Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests… be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” A missionary was back in America on furlough and speaking at his home church. He told of how one of his jobs was to go to the nearest…

John 3:16 “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” The story is told of a rich man who enjoyed collecting rare works of art with his son, including some Picassos. His son then died in Vietnam as…

John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” God has chosen and appointed you to ‘go and bear fruit’. He is the vine and we are the branches that produce fruit…

Colossians 1:17 “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” Do you remember Ursa, the Kryptonite villainess in Superman 2? She wreaked havoc on planet earth in pursuit of Superman’s destruction. Sarah Douglas, who played the role, spoke in an interview of an incident during the filming. In one scene, she…

Proverbs 16:3,9 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” Three sturdy trees were on a mountain top dreaming about what they wanted to be. The first said it wanted to contain treasure. The second said it…

Gen 12:1 “Leave your country, your people, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.” A brilliant spiritually-searching physicist, John Kavanaugh, spent an extended season at Mother Teresa’s ‘House of the Dying’ in his quest for answers to direction in life. As was her habit, she asked him on their…

Watch the video here! Philippians 2:6,7 “(Jesus) did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing.” On one occasion, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was asked: “How do you measure the success of your work?” She looked puzzled for a moment and then replied: “I don’t remember that the Lord ever…