Vignettes Devotional

Vignettes Who Do You Say I Am? He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Matthew 16:15  Who Was Jesus To His Disciples? Who do you say I Am? When Jesus asked His disciples this question, the Spirit-led answer Peter gave was,  Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.  (Matthew 16:16 KJV). The disciples had enjoyed a closer walk with Jesus for three years and had come to know Him intimately and intuitively .   Intimately  because when Holy Spirit came to live in them to lead them through life and ministry at Pentecost/Shavuot, they were able to recognize Him and easily discern that the Spirit which lived in them was the Spirit of the Lord Himself, allos , the same as the Lord, of whom they had detailed knowledge, and whom they had come to know from spending time with Him every day in a close and personal way. The disciples also knew Jesus intuitively because they knew by the witness of the Spirit in them that Jesus was the promised Messiah of God, the...

Vignettes The Earth Is Full of the Goodness of the Lord Psalm 33:4-5  For the Word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.  Many will dispute this fact, that the earth is full of God's goodness , especially in light of the wars, rumours of wars, the pandemic, economic burdens, job losses, the pandemic of fear , and the millions of deaths which have become a part of our daily lives, so to speak. But God is not mad at anybody. He has not replaced the fullness of His goodness in the earth with heartbreak, sadness, evil, destruction, war, death or disease. There is still an enemy in the world out to steal from, kill and destroy many lives. John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. ~Jesus. The Word of the Lord Is Right Holy Spirit reminds us in Psalm 33:4-5  that we need to look to the Word of God, our Bibles, as our S ource of Tr...