Joe Barnett

Do you want to get well?             —John 5:6 Home ownership isn’t an unmixed blessing; there is always something that needs to be repaired or replaced. The sink backs up, the AC gives out, the roof springs a leak, the drier goes on the fritz. If you own a home […]

He told me everything I ever did.                       —John 4:39 There was nothing to indicate that this would be anything but another miserable day in her this-is-the-pits life. If you had told her that this was the day she would meet her Savior she would

From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.                      —John 1:16 Having recently received CPA certification, he set out to enlighten his immigrant father. “Dad, your business is a mess,” he said. “You have no inventory procedure. Your accounts-receivable are

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.            —John 1:14 Here are two sentences the spell out what Jesus did for you. The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost (Lk. 19:10). The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (Jno. 1:14). The key

The Lord needs it.   —Luke 19:31 En route to Jerusalem for the last time, Jesus told two of his disciples, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there … Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying

Receive your sight.   —Luke 18:42 The blind beggar shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see.” “Receive your sight,” Jesus said. Would he properly use the gift that Jesus gave? Every time Jesus helps someone he knows there is

Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him.       —Luke 18:40 “Jesus,” shouted a blind beggar, “have mercy on me!” Jesus heard, stopped, and helped. By any human measurement, he had more pressing problems on his mind. He was on his way to Jerusalem for the last time, where he

What is impossible with men is possible with God.                                     —Luke 18:27 Over a half-century ago J.B. Phillips wrote a book titled Your God is too Small. In it he sketched common conceptions (or misconceptions) of God …

God, I thank you that I am not like other men.                                  —Luke 18:11 Jesus called out some things that corrupt us: theft, murder, adultery—big sins. But those weren’t the only evils on his list. It included greed, deceit, envy,

When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?                —Luke 18:8 Jesus didn’t praise people for their education, their theatrical talent, their athletic ability, or their business acumen. But he did praise people for their faith … “I have not found anyone in Israel