Author Archives: JARoss

Genesis 16:2-6   So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal. So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened tenContinue reading “Just Come Back”

Psalm 4:1-4. Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer. How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you continue your lies? You can be sure of this: The Lord set apart the godlyContinue reading “Do Not Sin in Your Righteous Anger”

Matthew 4:20 And they left their nets at once and followed him. You once did. Your brothers and sisters in faith did. You do not understand why all do not abandon their lives to follow me. Well, look at this: you often cling to parts of your life and do not follow – obey –Continue reading “I Wait”

Proverbs 1:20-23. Wisdom shouts in the streets. She cries out in the public square. She calls to the crowds along the main street, to those gathered in front of the city gate: “How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you foolsContinue reading “They.Will.Not.”

Matthew 4:17 From then on, Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” The “Kingdom of Heaven is near” did not mean that the end of days was approaching. It meant that I, the Son of the One True God, was walking amongst them.Continue reading “The Kingdom of Heaven Is Near”

Genesis 8: 13-14  On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying. Two more months went by, and at lastContinue reading “Give This The Time Needed”

Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. It may feel as if I forget you sometimes. It may feel as if you have been faithful and obedient, even in the face of opposition, ridicule and hatred, but I am not with you. It mayContinue reading “I Do Not Forget You”

Revelation 22:8-9 I, John, am the one who heard and saw all these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me. But he said, ”No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and yourContinue reading “My Father’s Throne”

Revelation 13:14 “And with the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world.”  You are amazed and astounded at the blindness of those around you. You do not understand how they cannot see truth, how they do not recognize the boldContinue reading “Just For a Time”

Revelation 13:5-8   “Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months. And he spoke terrible words of blasphemy against God, slandering his name and his temple — that is, those who live in heaven. And the beast was allowedContinue reading “Just Not Today.”