The Sweet Spot in Our Suffering

    “But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.”...

Why is Friday So Good?

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6 NKJV   Good Friday is often overshadowed by Easter Sunday, but it is the day we reflect on the cross....

Tinsel and Tears

  I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20 NKJV I held the homemade Christmas ornament...

Why Friday is so Good

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Is. 53:6 NKJV Good Friday is often overshadowed by Easter Sunday, but it is the day we reflect on the cross. That old rugged cross which...

Praise Through Affliction

  And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43 No one has suffered greater than our Lord when He was nailed to a wooden cross to die for our sins. Yet, during His ordeal, He took the time and the strength to...