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Or maybe you’ve read the Bible like it’s Aesop’s fables, And I’m praying that the Lord will open your heart and mind to understand the Scriptures in ways you’ve never dreamed possible and that your heart will burn within you with a new zeal for Him and reading His Word. If, on the other hand, it’s not possible for you to join us in person, then here’s the link to livestream the event at any time between May 18 and July 31: http://delight.gotothehub.com. I’m praying you’ll be able to join me and learn to experience His word in a whole new way: as one millennia long love letter written to you.

Of all the women of faith who might have been honored as part of the genealogy of Jesus, those the Spirit mentions through Matthew are Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and, “the wife of Uriah A woman who played prostitute, a real prostitute, a Gentile widow, and a woman who was the object of sexual abuse. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient (her countrymen), because she had given friendly welcome to the spies” (Heb 11:31). Instead, she ultimately married Boaz (Rahab’s son), and became the mother of Obed,  the grandfather of King David.

When Mary of Bethany poured expensive perfume on Jesus’ soon-to-be cold dead feet, she was doing more than preparing his body for burial. Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And she would die to all her dreams of marriage and family and comfort and respectability and honor. Over the past few years, every time she looked at that vial of perfume, she thought, “I’ll save this for his body.

Store DVDs & Study Guide Series Because He Loves Me Episode 102: Is this thing on? Where did everyone go? In this week's episode we ramble on for over an hour about Alexa laughing at people, the books we have coming out, and I am not sure what else. Jess closes us out with a devotional on Revelations 21.