Psalm 136 is known as "The Great Hallel." This psalm praises God for His acts throughout history, emphasizing His enduring, unfailing, loyal, active, and merciful love. This love reflects just a fraction of God's ‘chesed’, the Hebrew term for loving-kindness, mercy, or faithfulness which conveys a deeper meaning than simple...

Are you going through a season of waiting? Or feeling the great pain of depression, grief, or loneliness? Maybe life altogether feels like a heavy weight on your chest that seems as though all the pain is never ending. Jesus felt that too. In Matthew 26, Jesus shows us a...

During the last supper, the night before Jesus was betrayed, he announced to his disciples, the coming of a better promise. This new covenant was to be enacted by God, Himself, so it was immutable and unchangeable. If they were paying attention, what John the Baptist had preached during his...

The Lord’s Supper, also called the Eucharist or Communion, carries deep meaning in its many names. As the Lord’s Supper, it recalls the Passover meal Jesus shared with His disciples and points to his sacrifice. As the Eucharist, it prompts us to give thanks for His redemptive work. As Communion,...

We should ask, seek, and knock, and then wait for God to answer with the anointing and strength. They that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. (Isaiah 40:31) Impatience and the desire for advancement breed presumption – the notion that we can figure out the best path from...