Category Archives: Quiet Time Highlights

The Extremely High Cost of Heaven: Obtaining the Treasures of Matthew 13:44-46

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Stephen Nielsen

Matthew 13:44-46 The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field—and to get … Continue reading →

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Our Victory in Christ: My Sins Are Blotted Out, Nailed To the Cross – Part 2

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Stephen Nielsen

Because Jesus gained victory over sin and evil, we can have victory too. When He gave His life for us on the cross in payment for our sins, He made a public spectacle of evil (Colossians 2:11-15). He then, in … Continue reading →

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Our Victory in Christ: My Sins Are Blotted Out, Nailed To the Cross

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Stephen Nielsen

Reading from Colossians 2:11-15, I understand that when I came to Christ He set me free from evil desires. My old self was removed, taken away (as the foreskin is cut off and removed in circumcision); it died with Christ; … Continue reading →

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3 Reasons Why Jesus Tells us Not to Worry — from Matthew 6:25-34

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Stephen Nielsen

In Mathew 6:25-34 Jesus tells us not to worry. See if you can pick out from the following passage the three reasons why Jesus says not to worry. Matthew 6:25-34 25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your … Continue reading →

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12 Wisdom Principles – From The Sermon On The Mount

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Stephen Nielsen

In Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount He gives us twelve wisdom principles. Early in Jesus’ ministry, just after He had chosen His twelve disciples, He sat down on the side of a mountain and taught them. This teaching of … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Presence is Torture to Demons – from Matthew 8:28-31

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Stephen Nielsen

I think Jesus’ very presence is torture to demons and to all who walk in darkness. Just after Jesus and His disciples had crossed over the Lake of Galilee (after He had calmed the storm), He encountered two demon possessed … Continue reading →

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Daring To Step Out in Faith – from 1 Sam. 14:6-14

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

1 Sam 14:6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For nothing restrains the Lord … Continue reading →

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Sexual Purity by the Power of the Gospel

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

  We have tried all kinds of things, haven’t we, to achieve sexual purity—to free ourselves from lust and sexual sins.  We have tried will power and daily repeating of things that we will and will not do.  We have … Continue reading →

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Longing for New Bodies and a New Home – from 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:8

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

   This is my own verse by verse, brief commentary on this passage, in an effort to make it a little clearer.  Read the passage, and then my commentary follows it.  Please let me know if it helps you.  I hope it encourages … Continue reading →

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Five Benefits of Weakness – from 2 Corinthians 4:7-18

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

  Everyone gets old.  And because we are old we feel more and more pain in our weak body.  But for the Christian there are some benefits to having a weak body.  Here are five benefits derived from the above passage: … Continue reading →

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