The Leper: Relying on the mercy of Jesus (Matthew 8:1-4)

Matthew 8:1-4 It takes until chapter 8 of Matthew’s account of the life of Jesus before he describes a specific healing and then, like buses, three come at once!  Matthew has already told of Jesus ‘going throughout Galilee, … healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness’ (Matthew 4:23) and of the crowds […]

Mephibosheth: Understanding your inheritance (2 Samuel 19:24-30)

Read 2 Samuel 19:24-30 on BibleGateway My last post Mephibosheth: Living as a son of the king looked at the story of Mephibosheth and some of the things we can learn from the way he was treated by King David. This crippled nobody, lame in both feet, was welcomed into the household of the king, […]