We are commanded to love God and love and worship Him first in our lives.
Deuteronomy 6:5. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Even Jesus when he answered a Pharisee about which was the greatest ...
The book of Exodus opens with an improbable cast of characters taking on Pharaoh: five women, four of them slaves, one, a princess. This text’s rich tapestry of detail invites us to consider God’s love for the downtrodden and his contempt for unjust power. I hope that this ...
Taking a stand – come what may refers to the unwavering commitment of individuals to uphold their beliefs and values, despite
challenges or opposition, and their willingness to face whatever consequences for their beliefs.
There are so many excellent examples of men and ...
Let’s Start Churches Together: Four Ways to Get Involved
The mission of Living Hope International Ministries is to make disciples of all nations. To arrive at this mission statement, we did not hold a vote, consult experts, or run focus groups. No, we have a higher authority than public opinion—a direct command from our Lord ...
What Would You Do for God’s Blessing? Jacob says: “Anything.”
Multiple times, Jacob performed feats of daring, strength, and desperation to get God’s blessing. Will you value God’s hand on your life like he did?
As the grandson of Abraham, Jacob must have heard repeatedly about the God of his fathers and about that God’s covenant ...
“Endurance” refers to withstanding hardships, obstacles, and fatigue in your life without giving up. Perseverance is the persistence to continue working towards a goal. In this article, I would like to share that if we are going to stand each and every day for Yahweh, we ...
By Jeff Deuble
In a card game, we don’t have a say in what cards are dealt to us, but we do get to choose what card we will play in response to what’s “on the table”. Similarly, in life we don’t necessarily control the events or circumstances we’re “dealt” – our DNA, ...
Our mission at Living Hope is to make disciples of all nations. We take this directly from the last words of our Lord in the Gospel of Matthew (Mat 28:19). We do this through every avenue we can: books, websites, videos, podcasts, articles, events, and more. We want to see ...
In both the Old and New Testaments, we see that God expects us to love our neighbors as ourselves (Lev 19:18; Mark 12:31). Although we often focus on the “love your neighbor” part, today I’d like to draw attention to the “as yourself ” part. Why should you love yourself? ...
The Patient Jesus: Lessons from the Road to Emmaus, Part 3
In this three-part series, we walk with two of Jesus’ followers who had such strong preconceived notions about the Messiah that they failed to recognize the resurrected Christ when he was staring them in the face. In parts 1 and 2 of our series, Jesus approached two ...
Psalm 77 is unique in that it shows the psalmist Asaph in a terrible conflict within himself, what causes that conflict, and then the solution of deliverance. This is all in the first 15 verses of the psalm. Studying this psalm, I realized how many times I have fallen into ...
