Jesus loves little children

by | Sep 3, 2022 | Burning questions, Discover the Bible, Light, New, Refugee, Truth

Jesus loves little children

Did you know that Jesus loves children?

Many adults feel children are always in the way or needing attention. They treat children like a nuisance and a burden. They don’t seem to like children much. Jesus’ disciples tried to keep the children away from Jesus because they thought the children would be wasting His time. But when Jesus found out, He actually got angry with His disciples! He welcomed the children to Him and prayed for them.

Jesus said that if we want to be a part of His kingdom, then we need to become like little children. Children are ready to receive God’s kingdom. They aren’t so focused on material possessions like houses, cars and money. They don’t place the value of life in what they have. For them the only valuable thing is joy in playing games. We need to learn to be like to children: to place value not in what we have on earth but in the joy of God’s kingdom.

Children are humble and free to receive God’s kingdom. They don’t hold onto their prejudices and their ideas of how the world should work, but they are ready to learn. They don’t hold onto grudges and unforgiveness. They forgive freely and trust easily.

To receive God’s Life, we need to let go of our own life.

Will you become like a child and receive God’s Life?

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Jesus loves little children

by | Sep 3, 2022 | Burning questions, Discover the Bible, Light, New, Refugee, The Book

Mark 10:13-16 (ESV)

And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

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Who can give me living water?

by | Jan 6, 2022 | Burning questions, Discover the Bible, Forgiveness, Light, The Book

John 7:37-39 (ESV)
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” Now this He said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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Who can give me living water?

by | Jan 6, 2022 | Burning questions, Discover the Bible, Forgiveness, Light, Truth

Who can give me living water?

One day Jesus was sitting next to a well and a Samaritan woman came to get water. He asked her for a drink because it was very hot. She was surprised that He spoke to her, because Jews didn’t speak to Samaritans, but Jesus told her that in fact she should be the one to speak to Him. He said that she should ask Him for water. This surprised her because He didn’t have anything to draw water from the well with. But Jesus explained that the water He promised to give her wasn’t literal water. When we drink physical water, we get thirsty again, but Jesus said that if we drink the living water that He gives, we will never be thirsty again! This living water becomes a well within us, giving us eternal life.

Jesus was a prophet and He knew what was happening in the woman’s life. He asked her to bring her husband, and when she said that she had no husband, He replied, “You are right, for you have had five husbands and the one you now have is not your husband.” He knew that the woman was broken inside from being rejected by five husbands; she was empty and was thirsty for true love, not like the love of men, which often fails and rejects us. This is why Jesus promised to give her living water.

Are you broken and empty inside? Are you thirsty for true love and true life? Are you thirsty for living water?

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Who can make a paralyzed man walk and who can forgive sins?

by | Dec 20, 2021 | Burning questions, Discover the Bible, Forgiveness, Truth

One day Jesus was teaching in a house. There were so many people listening to Him, that some people who were bringing a paralyzed man on a bed couldn’t get through to Him. These people were so desperate to bring their friend to Jesus that they went up on the house’s roof and let him down through the tiles of the roof into the middle of all the people where Jesus was standing.

The people brought their friend to Jesus so that He could heal him, but the first thing Jesus did when He saw their faith in Him was to say to the paralyzed man, “Your sins are forgiven you.” The people around Jesus were upset because only God could forgive people’s sins, but Jesus claimed to have the authority to forgive sins. Jesus knew what the people were thinking, and so to prove His claim He said to the paralyzed man, “Stand up and walk.” And the paralyzed man did exactly that – he was healed and he stood up and walked!

Jesus showed His power by healing a paralyzed man. He also claimed to be able to forgive people’s sins. Do you believe He can heal you? Do you believe He can forgive your sins?

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