Benjamin Rivera

Weekly Tip #6 Spring 2017 James 2:14-26 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and […]

Weekly Tip #5 Spring 2017 Luke 11:9-10, 13 9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11 What

Weekly Tip #4 Spring 2017 John 15 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have

Weekly Tip #3 Spring 2017 John 15:4-5 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is

Weekly Tip #2 Spring 2017 Last week we looked at John 15:1-2 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” We know that Jesus is

Weekly Tip #1 –  Spring 2017 John chapter 15 is a riveting teaching directly from Jesus. Before the passion week, which came to a brutal but glorious end (crucifixion and resurrection), Jesus gave His final teachings to His disciples in John 13-17. In verse 1 Jesus says, “I am the true vine, and my Father

Weekly Tip #12, Fall 2016 In Matthew 17:14-20, the writer records a time when the disciples could not heal a son who was possessed by a demon. To me this would be a frightful scene. Jesus faced this circumstance head on and rebuked the demon and it left the boy. This was no small miracle.

Weekly Tip #11, Fall 2016 The Secret Again Revealed, But Not Understood At least three times in the book of Matthew, Jesus reveals to His disciples what was going to happen to Him. The disciples heard what He said but just could not figure out how that was possibly going to happen. Here’s what Matthew

Weekly Tip #10, Fall 2016 In Matthew 16:13-17, Jesus had been active in ministry with His disciples listening and watching as He ministered to the people. At one point, we pick up the story of Jesus asking Peter a special question. Here’s what He said, Notice the powerful words from Jesus to Peter in verse

Weekly Tip #9, Fall 2016 Have We Left Anyone Out? The heart of Jesus as he traveled among the towns and villages during His three year active ministry is seen in Matthew 15:21-28. A Canaanite woman came to Him asking if He would heal her daughter, who was oppressed by a demon. She was clearly