Author: edgeclubs

Luke 15:25
“The woman came and knelt before him. ‘Lord, help me!’ she said.”
This woman was not an Israelite; ethnically, she was a Canaanite woman, and therefore, looked down upon in Jewish society. Jesus notes as much to her, not to demean her, but to almost say “you

Luke17:5
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
Jesus had just finished telling the disciples about forgiveness, noting the famous “70 x 7” verse and admonishing them to forgive those who hurt them. This is a hard teaching, and the disciples wanted to be able to accept it.

““But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’”
Luke 18:13
The tax collector had a deep knowledge of his sin, and a realistic, humbling picture of who God

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Luke 23:34
Even while he was dying, Jesus’s heart was to have mercy on those who deserved retaliation. He’d endured the worst torture that humanity had to offer, and

“They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, ‘Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.’
But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”
Where do you turn in the midst of criticism, failure, or discouragement? There are so many reasons to feel

Nehemiah wept when he heard the state of Jerusalem; his home. He requested the king allow him to leave his post as the cup-bearer and return to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall, the dignity, and the countenance of his people.
His prayer for favor was not for his personal

Asa followed the Lord and led Judah during peacetime. He built up his armies and his walls during peacetime and this gave his enemies the idea that he should be attacked. The Cushites came against Judah and tried to challenge Asa’s show of strength, but when push came to shove,

King Hezekiah was in trouble. As King of Judah, he watched as the Assyrian armies took over the Northern Kingdom of Israel and soon turned their ambitions toward his Southern Kingdom. After not only watching them surround his land, but listening to their taunts against God, King Hezekiah found