by David Keesling | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
John 17:1 “Lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You.’” Observation: Jesus had just completed His “Last Will and Testament” to believers, magnificently summing His life’s work on earth. But in...
by David Keesling | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
John 18:1 “When he had finished praying, Jesus left with His disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley” (NIV). Observation: This verse follows Jesus’s priestly prayer of John 17, the longest prayer of the New Testament. Jesus had prayed first for Himself, then for the...
by David Keesling | Apr 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 18:10 “An evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul.” Observation: Saul’s mental deterioration had already begun, as God had earlier lifted His anointing due to Saul’s rebellion and sin. Now, Saul’s destruction is set and certain. Application: How little I...
by David Keesling | Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
John 5:7 “The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Observation: The man had been sick for thirty-eight years. He had taken his daily trip to the Pool of...
by David Keesling | Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Colossians 3:2 “Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” Observation: Paul’s writing to the church at Colossae was to counter their tendency to blend the teachings of Christ with Jewish legalism, Greek philosophy, and Oriental...
