Author Archives: JARoss

 Mark 7:36-37 Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news. They were completely amazed and said again and again, “Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.” Notice howContinue reading “Do Not Fall Prey”

Leviticus 18:21 Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord.   Everything evil in your world today can be seen as sacrifice to Molech – whether physical, emotional or spiritual. If itContinue reading “Offering Your Children as Sacrifice”

Leviticus 18:1-3 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the Lord your God. So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way ofContinue reading “Imitating the Culture”

Mark 5:25-35 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched hisContinue reading “Necessary Examples”

Mark 2:1-12 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when theyContinue reading “It Is Your Sin That Kills”

Luke 12:11-12 “And when you are brought to trial in the synagogues and before rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how to defend yourself or what to say for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said.”  I hear you my child. I will provide all you need toContinue reading “I Will Provide”

Psalm 78:1-31 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, but tell to theContinue reading “Why Do You Wonder”

Deuteronomy 30:11-18  “This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you to understand, and it is not beyond your reach. It is not kept in heaven, so distant you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?’ It is notContinue reading “Will You Walk in My Ways?”

Mark 11:8-10 Many in the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others spread leafy branches they had cut in the fields. Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of theContinue reading “Plant Yourself Firmly”

Deuteronomy 29:1 “These are the terms of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites while they were in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Mount Sinai.” 29:9 “Therefore, obey the terms of this covenant so that you will prosper in everything youContinue reading “Terms of the Covenant”