"Many people have a distorted image of Jesus as a lonely figure who spent His days in solitude. Are you sure that's right?
Yes, He indeed spent seven brief times in solitude for prayer. But that's not the whole picture. Jesus spent most of His time in the company of people. He was a people person."
"As a tax collector, Levi was an opportunist. Seeing the popularity and influence that Jesus had, he assumed, as did most Jews, that Jesus would soon be crowned King and drive out the Romans. Where would that leave Levi? He had to do something big, and he had to do it fast."
"How would our convictions change if we shifted the paradigm? What if we began to see Jesus as his contemporaries saw Him, not as a poor carpenter, but as the Heir to the Throne and the Promised King of Israel?"
"God desires his children to reverence him, to worship him, to honor him, and to show him the respect he deserves as our Father in heaven, but also as God, the Most High."
"When Jesus was young, He lived with Joseph and Mary in Nazareth. That’s where they settled when they returned from Egypt after Herod died. But, when the King-in-waiting was thirty years old, He moved His headquarters to the shores of Lake Galilee."
"I don't know about you, but every time I open my Bible, I'm impressed with an overwhelming realization that God just can't seem to get his mind off of me."
"The truth is, Jesus lived as a King because He was the King of Israel and the Heir Apparent to the Throne of David. Even though He was not coronated and He was not seated on an earthly throne, He was, without dispute, the King of Kings."