““The Holy Spirit can use our own stories to draw others to Jesus, no matter what we think of ourselves or to whom we are speaking.  The question is not whether we have a story to share, but whether or not we will.”

“It was at this moment that Jesus became so much more than just a traveler, a rabbi, or even a miracle worker. “

“Jesus intentionally took His disciples on this “field trip” to the region of Caesarea Philippi, not to tell them a fictional story like Narnia, Peter Pan, or the Secret Garden, but to make sure that they knew His identity as the One True, real, and Living God!”

“Just as we read of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew 3 and 4, water stories and miracles in the Biblical narrative seem to be followed up with wilderness seasons, almost as if we’re called by God to take the thirst-quenching relief of the miracle forward into the difficult season that lay ahead, as a reminder to trust that He’ll provide even long after the water dries up.”