Three common patterns are seen in Jesus’s temptation, and Eve’s – as well as in ours. The first is this. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.During that time the devil came and said to…
Category: Open My Eyes
Insights in Scripture
The Original Temptation
We all know the story of The Fall, how our first parents were tempted and failed. This is how the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition tells it. God’s instructions were, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not…
“Abundant”
ABUNDANT: existing or available in large quantities; having plenty of ********** After yesterday’s post, I began to think about “abundant.” Does the Bible use that word anywhere else? Well, yes. In the beginning, God created abundantly. In Genesis 1, we read that “the earth sprouted and abundantly produced vegetation” (v 12 Amp), and the waters swarmed and…
Grieving
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4 KJV ********** I weep with grief; my heart is heavy with sorrow; encourage and cheer me with your words. Psalm 119:28 Living Bible He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or…
Grief
GRIEF: “Deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement; heartbreak, sorrow, woe” ********** There is great evil in the world. There is great sorrow. From time to time, I am blindsided by the terrible ways people damage themselves – and each other. In grief, I am reduced to, “Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord!”,…
Sufficiency
SUFFICIENT: enough to meet a need or purpose ********** “Praying, we usually ask too much. I know I do. Sometimes we even demand. I think I am learning to ask enough for the moment —not for the whole year, utterly veiled in mystery; not even for the week, the month ahead; but just for today. Jesus…
Need
“Need.” I use that word a lot, but I think I misunderstand it. I looked it up and found: “A need is something that is necessary for an organism to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants in that, in the case of a need, a deficiency causes a clear adverse outcome: a…
Faith
FAITH: a constant outlook of trust towards God, whereby human beings abandon all reliance on their own efforts and put their full confidence in Him, His word and His promises. (Dictionary of Bible Themes) Faith isn’t a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. Myles…
Darkness
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 NIV OR, (His breath filled all things with a living, breathing light—A light that thrives in the depths of darkness, blazes through murky bottoms.It cannot and will not be quenched. John 1:4-5 The Voice) ********** Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the…
Wisdom
If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won’t correct you for asking. James 1:5 Contemporary English Version For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Proverbs 8:11…