John 16:20, “You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.” Short Thoughts: As Christ turned water into wine at a wedding (John 2:9), so too —at the wedding supper of the Lamb—the slain and risen Bridegroom will turn the “water“ of His Bride’s sorrow into the “wine” of her eternal joy. […]
John 16:14-15, “He will glorify me, for He will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine…” Short Thoughts: This is how we know the One True God: the Holy Spirit shows us the glory of the Son who dies and rises again, whom to see is
Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her…” As with Monday’s picture, today’s picture also comes directly from my storyboarding for the next animation, “Everlasting Arms.” In the animation, this scene comes at the moment where the Bride’s eyes are opened—where Ezekiel 36:26 or 2
Jeremiah 2:13, “…my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” May we ever increasingly drink from and rejoice in the living water of the Christ-exalting Spirit that flows to us because of the work of
Romans 8:28, “…for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” A truth invincibly secured by and supremely expressed in the crucified and risen Christ.
Matthew 5:16, “…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Short Thoughts: Christians ought to be explicit about Jesus When our good works are flavored and illumined by the supremacy of the slain and risen Lord, they become pointers
John 14:26-27, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things an bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I love with you…” Short Thoughts: The Spirit illumines and ignites the self-revelatory words of the Son so that, in
Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her…” As with Monday’s picture, today’s picture also comes directly from my storyboarding for the next animation, “Everlasting Arms.” In the animation, this scene comes at the moment where the Bride’s eyes are opened—where Ezekiel 36:26 or 2
Leviticus 9:6; 22-23, “This is the thing that YHWH commanded you to do, that the glory of YHWH may appear to you…[Aaron] came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tenor of meeting, and when the came out they blessed the
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Jeremiah 2:13, “…my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” May we ever increasingly drink from and rejoice in the living water of the Christ-exalting Spirit that flows to us because of the work of
Romans 8:28, “…for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” A truth invincibly secured by and supremely expressed in the crucified and risen Christ.
Matthew 5:16, “…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Short Thoughts: Christians ought to be explicit about Jesus When our good works are flavored and illumined by the supremacy of the slain and risen Lord, they become pointers
John 14:26-27, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things an bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I love with you…” Short Thoughts: The Spirit illumines and ignites the self-revelatory words of the Son so that, in
Psalm 90:6, “…in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers…” Psalm 90:14, “Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love…” Short Thoughts: Because our Lord and God passed through the night of death and secured the morning of resurrection life, we who sojourn in the night of
John 13:8, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” Short Thoughts: Just as the Lord of glory left His throne and descended to serve as one of us, so too here He leaves His seat of honor to wash His disciples feet. And this same divine identity will move Him
Daniel 2:44, “The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever…” Short Thoughts: Every human-centered authority has been, is being, and
John 12:48, “The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.” Short Thoughts: The word of Christ cannot be ignored and will confront us on the last day, to our vindication or condemnation. Long Thoughts: The
Acts 9:31, “…walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit [the church] multiplied.” Short Thoughts: The Spirit’s work will only be a comfort to the one who fears the Lord, and only the one who fears the Lord will know the comfort of the Spirit. The Holy
Hebrews 1:3, “He upholds the universe by the word of His power…” Even as He was upheld by the arms of His mother…
Matthew 1:21-23, “…you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.’ All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call His name ‘Immanuel’ (which means God with us.)” In the evenings
