Author Archives: JARoss

John 20:17 “But go find my brothers and tell the that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” I have made it clear that you are members of my family. You have been adopted in by means of your faith. My Father is your Father. Yet, youContinue reading “Start Living As You Are Meant To”

1 Samuel 2:30-35 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Behold, the days are comingContinue reading “Those Who Represent Me”

John 2:11, 22-25 This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.   (22-25)  After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said. Because of the miraculousContinue reading “Stand Strong in Your Faith”

Mark 10:42-44 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to beContinue reading “Upside Down World”

Mark 10:35-37 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do us a favor.”  “What is your request?” He asked. They replied, “When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to you, one onContinue reading “What Do You Honor?”

John 6:28-31Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the mannaContinue reading “You Are Not Alone”

1 Samuel 9:16 “…for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”  Do not believe that I do not hear you. I hear my faithful crying out for my help. Be assured that, though it may not seem so, I have been helping you all along. Has your nationContinue reading “I Will Help You”

9:21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?” Notice how, again, I have chosen a man from a very small tribe – aContinue reading “I Know Whom To Trust”

1 Samuel 8:3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice. The corruption in your world is not new. Even in the days of the prophets, many were wicked and dishonest. Samuel’s sons – Samuel my prophet – were greedy and took bribes and pervertedContinue reading “The Only Real Hope”

Psalm 118:5-9 In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me? Yes, the Lord is for me; He will help me. I will look in triumph at those whoContinue reading “Stay the Course”