by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:19 “And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, ‘Let no fruit grow on you ever again.’ Immediately the fig tree withered away.” Jesus is hungry for things of substance. Jesus is tired of superficial...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 10, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:18 “Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.” Some desires or lusts are legitimate, and not all strong desires are wrong or harmful. Jesus was so hungry that He cursed the fig tree for not having fruit. His desire to eat was...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:17 “Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.” Do not remain where people are nagging you and fighting you out of envy; that is not the place to stay. This does not mean you are to leave your work or leave your church or...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 8, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:15-16 “But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, Hossana…they were indignant and said to Him, ‘Do You hear what these are saying?’…” It’s ok to be “out-praised” when...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:14 “Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.” Two vital ministries that the church must perform in the name of the Lord is opening the eyes of the blind and helping the crippled become whole. Our world is filled with blind...
