Some today would have us believe that love and authority don’t mix. Jesus has the same love for us that the Father has. But Jesus recognized that a command was in order. The command? Love. Read this brief passage in John 15: I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in [...]

Today we will read Proverbs 3. It is a father challenging his child to take hold of all that he has taught him. As you read you may hear your own father asking you to wisely learn from his instruction and mistakes. You may hear things you have offered to your own children. Ask yourself [...]

Today, we will look at John 5. So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called [...]

Read Luke 10:21-24Luke 10:21-24English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVJesus Thanks His Father 21 At that same time, Jesus felt the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, v the Holy Spirit: Some manuscripts have “his spirit.” and he said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise [...]

Read the following passage prayerfully considering the following questions: In what ways did Jacob fail as a father during these events? In what ways was Jacob a good example of a father? How do you see yourself in relation to Jacob, both the good and the bad? So Jacob settled again in the land of [...]