Good Morning Friends, Rosh ha-Shanah begins later this week and the Talmudists, in preparation for it, I am told, read the Book of Job contemplating Job’s sufferings and tribulations. A selection from the Book of Job is rightfully part of today’s lectionary. Traditions have the setting of Job’s life as being the 210 years ranging … Continue reading Where Are We Coming From And Where Are We Going?
Month: September 2024
Are You Grateful And In Sync With The Spirit’s Guidance?
Good Morning Friends, Because God has been His people’s provider, helper, and deliverer from all their woes, they should respond to Him by a confident trust and joyous praise. For those of us grafted on to the promise we too, whether we are part of the choir or not, should join in preparation for the … Continue reading Are You Grateful And In Sync With The Spirit’s Guidance?
Do You Think It Is Time For Jesus To Rebuild A Temple?
Good Morning Friends, If a Gallup poll was conducted by asking the public today’s question, we would get a wide range of answers most based on who we say Jesus is. Some would say a new Temple will be built in Jerusalem. But others would say it is about their body and the body of … Continue reading Do You Think It Is Time For Jesus To Rebuild A Temple?
How Do You Deal With The Problem of Anxiety?
Good Morning Friends, Hurricane Helene is heading up the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and will likely make landfall later tomorrow, so I am sending out tomorrow’s devotional today before our power goes out. The Hurricane Center warns that it could become a major Category 4 Hurricane with a storm surge of up to 20 … Continue reading How Do You Deal With The Problem of Anxiety?
Do You Have Some Questions About Who Jesus Is And His Purpose For The Temple In Your Life?
Good Morning Friends, Building a purposeful life is what should matter to Christians and living life with eternity in mind helps. I think that today’s passage from Ecclesiastes was related to that reality, at least inasmuch as Solomon knew God. The wise words of Solomon seem relevant today in ways that may have even surprised … Continue reading Do You Have Some Questions About Who Jesus Is And His Purpose For The Temple In Your Life?
Are You Willing To Not Only Hear And Say But Do What Is Right?
Good Morning Friends, Living a Christian life amid a confused world has never been easy. The hope is for us to be whole people even though the world is broken. The problem is that often the harder we try the worse it gets. The answer in scripture to this dilemma is to accept Jesus. I … Continue reading Are You Willing To Not Only Hear And Say But Do What Is Right?
Is Your Light Shining The Way Home For Others?
Good Morning Friends, In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said that we were light, unfortunately too many of us do not like to share it properly. When Christ died on the cross it was as if part of him was placed in us as a light that if combined with others and focused would … Continue reading Is Your Light Shining The Way Home For Others?
Is The Holy Spirit Gently Influencing You To Convert Others?
Good Morning Friends, I would suggest to you this morning that spiritual influence is more than a force born out of our thoughts and feelings but that sometimes we can be a tangible palpable force that can be applied either positively or negatively, all based on relationships and at least in part on our response … Continue reading Is The Holy Spirit Gently Influencing You To Convert Others?
How Does Belief In Our Resurrection Compare To The Experience Of Worldly Wealth And Contentment ?
Good Morning Friends, Honestly, I get a little irritated when people are not thankful with what they have and always want more and more. Part of me wants to be kind and please people. Another part does not want to risk being taken advantage of. But given the balance of things I think it is … Continue reading How Does Belief In Our Resurrection Compare To The Experience Of Worldly Wealth And Contentment ?
What Would It Be Like To See The Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig?
Good Morning Friends, I am really beginning to wonder if the universe folds in on itself like a Mobius strip or like the Asteroids video game I used to play forty-two years ago- where if you go off the screen to the right you suddenly appear on the left and if you exit the top … Continue reading What Would It Be Like To See The Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig?
Daily Devotionals 