Let's therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 WEBAccess to God was very limited before Jesus came. There was a thick curtain in the temple that separated the people from the Holy of Holies where God's presence dwelt. When Jesus hung on the cross and said, 'It is finished', this curtain was torn from...

Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day! Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. Psalms 96:1 WEBI was so nervous when I took the microphone. At our church, the singers in our praise and worship team had failed to show up, and the rest elected me to lead them in praise that...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Twenty from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our Bible study and we will be studying Luke Chapter 20 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is copyright free. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please...

Today we are going to continue our Bible study and we will be studying Luke Chapter 19 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is copyright free. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz that I have prepared for you on the website. For those...

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment; John 16:8 WEBThere I stood with my head down, too ashamed to look around me, and every fiber of my being telling me to run out of the door....

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Eighteen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our Bible study and we will be studying Luke Chapter 18 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is copyright free. After the meeting today, or sometime...

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, 'This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.' Luke 15:1 WEBEveryone knows that Jesus came to save the lost sinner, and they were all drawn to Him like a magnet, but the religious establishment of the time grumbled about this constantly. If they had their way, the religious...

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; Isaiah 64:6 KJVAs the preacher looked over the congregation, pondering his next victim, I sank lower and lower in my chair. He always chose someone at random from the congregation to pray, so everyone tried to avoid making eye contact with him during this time. You would suddenly find everyone reading their Bible or...

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things: that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell. Acts 15:28 WEBAfter Jesus ascended to the Father and the gospel started to spread, gentiles (non Jewish people)...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Seventeen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our Bible study and we will be studying Luke Chapter 17 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is copyright free. After the meeting today, or sometime...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Sixteen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.Today we are going to continue our Bible study and we will be studying Luke Chapter 16 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is the only modern English translation that is copyright free. After the...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Fifteen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our Bible study and we are going to cover Luke Chapter 15. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching Quiz that I have prepared for you on the website. For those that are having problems with the quiz, we...

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 WEB   Hi everyone,   Thank you for reading our devotional and for being a part of Refreshing Hope Ministries. This is our update on what has been happening here during the last couple...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Fourteen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our Bible study and we are going to cover Luke Chapter 14. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz I have prepared for you at the end of this study. For those that are having problems with the...

Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me. Many there are who say of my soul, 'There is no help for him in God.' Selah. But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. Psalms 3:1 WEBDavid wrote these words while fleeing from his son Absalom, who plotted to kill David and become king in his place. Almost everyone that David...

Yahweh says, 'You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me.' So they listened to Yahweh's words, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 2 Chronicles 11:4 WEBWhen Solomon the son of King David passed away, his son Rehoboam became the king of Israel. Then a servant of Solomon named Jeroboam, led a rebellion that divided the kingdom of...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Thirteen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our interactive Bible study and we are going to cover Luke Chapter 13. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz I have prepared at the end of this study. Thanks to all that have participated. Let’s...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Twelve from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our interactive Bible study and we are going to cover Luke Chapter 12. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz at I have prepared at the end of this study. Thanks to all that have taken last week’s...

Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and Yahweh's glory filled the house. 2 Chronicles 7:1 WEBWhen the Israelites built the tabernacle and the altar under the guidance of Moses, God lit the fire (Leviticus 9:23). Then the priests were ordered to never let the flame go out. They were to put new wood on it each morning (Leviticus...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Eleven from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Transcript: Today we are going to continue our interactive Bible study and we are going to cover Luke Chapter 11. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz at the end of this Bible study. Thanks to all that have taken last week’s quiz....

Therefore Jesus answered them, 'Don't murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. John 6:43 WEBI could see from the look on their face that if they could have just one wish granted in the entire world, that it would be for me to stop telling them about Jesus. At other times, I have seen people come to me of their own...

Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me. Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. Psalm 138:7 WEBThey say that if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. While this sounds strange, I have...

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalms 32:8 NIVRecently when the Lord was ready to start something new in our life, He started closing out the old. Of course we panicked, tried giving more, praying more, fasting more, serving more, but nothing helped. So we decided we would do this, but this turned out to be a dead end. Then...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Ten from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our interactive Bible study and we are going to cover Luke Chapter 10. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz at the end of this teaching. Thanks to all that have taken last week’s quiz. Let’s get started:Luke...

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water. James 3:10 WEBOut of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring...

The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh's sight, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth. Judges 3:7 WEBCenturies ago, when it was time to go to church, there was an excitement in the air, and no one wanted to stay home. It was a convenient religion. Baal was the god of materialism and money, while Asheroth was the god of sex and fertility. Molech was the...

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, 'Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!' God granted him that which he requested. 1 Chronicles 4:10 WEBSome people that I have met are too ashamed to ask God for anything. They feel that they have messed up so bad in life that they are lucky to be on the...

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.' Jesus said to her, 'Mary.' John 20:14 WEBMary and the disciples of Jesus thought...

RHM Bible Study, Luke Chapter Nine from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Today we are going to continue our interactive Bible study and we are going to cover Luke Chapter 9. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz at the end of this teaching. Thanks to all that have taken last week’s quiz. Let’s get started:Luke...

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever. 1 John 2:17 WEBStanding in the parking lot, I felt like a fish out of water. Panic, fear, abandonment, hatred, and a few other strong emotions rolled over me as I watched her car drive away. It was my first day of school and I was dumped off in the parking lot at Kingston Elementary. Six years old, completely lost,...