Author: Diane

It’s Saturday. Jesus has died, and his body has been laid in the tomb. The entrance has been sealed. Guards have been sent to watch the entrance of the tomb, to make sure the disciples can’t steal the body and claim that he rose from the dead. Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus,… Continue reading Saturday Was Silent

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Ezekiel 36:26 I have been called stubborn quite a few times throughout my life. And stubbornness can be good when it helps you… Continue reading Let Dad Help

For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Phillipians 4:13 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.… Continue reading Open Your Hands

The gospel in a nutshell: God sent his Son, Jesus, to live on the earth as the only perfect human. He died on a cross as a sacrifice for everyone’s sins. And whoever believes in Him will have eternal life with God in heaven. It’s both simple and amazing at the same time. It’s easy… Continue reading Have You Seen Him?

“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice… Continue reading The Shepherd’s Voice

For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 It seems as though that… Continue reading Itching Ears

“There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?” John 6:9 Have you ever felt like you’re not enough? Your talent is too small, you’re too ordinary, there’s nothing special about you, the task is too big, what good would you be able… Continue reading Good Enough

But the time is coming – indeed it is here now – when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. John 4:23 And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will… Continue reading The Time Is Here

We are never satisfied. We want more. We want what we can’t have. We want what others have. There is an emptiness in our soul that we try to fill…with stuff, with people, with status. If I only had (fill in the blank), then I would be happy. So then we finally get (fill in… Continue reading Plant Joy

The main message of the gospel is summed up in John 3:16 where Jesus says, “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” It goes on to say that the reason for sending Jesus… Continue reading Lumps of Clay