From the Heart by B.Demaere

From the Heart by B.Demaere: Priorities of Eternal Purpose (John 6:25-30) :   Priorities of Eternal Purpose (John 6:25-30) At the beginning of this chapter, Jesus had miraculously fed 6000 people with 2 fishes and ...

  Priorities of Eternal Purpose (John 6:25-30) At the beginning of this chapter, Jesus had miraculously fed 6000 people with 2 fishes and 5 loaves of bread.   Do you think that this would have been enough of a miracle for them to believe? Not really.   They wanted more.   More of what? Of Jesus or the miracles? Apparently, more miracles.   They wanted to believe in Jesus, but he did not do enough for them to believe in him. (John 6:30) He gently corrects them by telling them in the rest of the chapter that the bread he has which is his body is more than enough for them to believe because it is eternal in purpose.   Miracles Are only temporary and once you see one you must have another one.   The food they need must be eternal. It must be eternal if it is going to bring them spiritual satisfaction. As their human nature must have been fixated on the work of miracles that they would have to do Jesus points them out to God’s right expectation for them.   Simply to believe in the o

From the Heart by B.Demaere: Healing of a Paralyzed Man (John 5:3-18) :   Healing of a Paralyzed Man (John 5:3-18)   Jesus understands any disease and health issue.   He will not ignore anyone and the reason so...

  Healing of a Paralyzed Man (John 5:3-18)   Jesus understands any disease and health issue.   He will not ignore anyone and the reason someone may not get their healing on time is just because of that.   The timing of God is different than our timing.   Like the prophet Isaiah said:   His thoughts are not our thoughts, and his ways are not his ways (Isaiah 55:8,9).   We must trust him even though it might be challenging at times. This man was physically paralysed, he could not move into the pool on time when the angel stirred it.   He had been sick for 38 years (v.5).   Nobody had helped him since all wanted to get into the pool first.   The first one would be healed. He had certainly lost all hope for healing until then. But then Jesus came on the scene.   When Jesus comes into a situation there is always hope and life.   You have to reach out and quit giving him excuses why you cannot…. Everything is possible with Jesus.   We can put the impossibilities on ourselves just by ou

From the Heart by B.Demaere: Focus : Focus Focus can be an all-around good thing: In your life or business, job, and goals that you set for yourself. As well, in your spiritual ...

Focus Focus can be an all-around good thing: In your life or business, job, and goals that you set for yourself. As well, in your spiritual life you can focus on whoever you think your maker is.  As a Christian, for me it boils down to ‘adoration or worship.  Focussing on God and removing all distractions. We are so used to focus on social media that we lose focus on the main thing, which is relationships, one at a time.  Even God take the second best. Focussing in photography is moving the focus of the lens to the right or to the left unless it is automatic. God has spoken to me about the importance of keeping the focus on anything or anyone important to us.  If we lose focus on God for example, he loses some of his power in our lives to the point we end up becoming useless for him.  Like a photograph becoming useless when it is out of focus.  I want you to be able to reflect on your life and notice that you have lost focus on some of the important stuff.  It sometimes can even cause

From the Heart by B.Demaere: Focussing back on God :   There are new things developing for this week that I am excited about: I am focussing my life and that means sharper outlook on life with ...