Good Morning Friends, Today’s lectionary texts confront us with a challenge from multiple perspectives and attitudes on the tension of who is being favored by God and who is being favored by the societies in which we live. And it is troubling for the oppressed to often become oppressors. But is also hopeful, for if … Continue reading Do You See The Value Of Sharing Privilege Now?
Month: October 2025
Is Your Language And Behavior Outfitted For Success In The Spirit Of Christ When You Pray?
Good Morning Friends, One of the songs we have stopped singing in Church is Onward Christian Soldier. It is no longer politically correct. And yet today as we look at two related images of how Christians are to behave both on and off the battlefield against sin, it seems rather appropriate. For here we discover that … Continue reading Is Your Language And Behavior Outfitted For Success In The Spirit Of Christ When You Pray?
Are We Praying For God’s Purpose Of The End Game To Be Revealed In Our Lives?
Good Morning Friends, God’s power reveals what is inside a person and a person is judged on that against the will of God. It is not something you can figure out and earn as an act of service. It must be out of love as an act of faith though the Grace of God connected … Continue reading Are We Praying For God’s Purpose Of The End Game To Be Revealed In Our Lives?
What Is The Connection Between Our Relationship With Christ And The Strength Of Our Homes?
Good Morning Friends, This morning I am considering the trauma and tensions the people of Jamaica are facing this day, even now as they evaluate the strength of their homes and organizational structures to deal with the storms of life. And by this, I mean the physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and relational ability of them … Continue reading What Is The Connection Between Our Relationship With Christ And The Strength Of Our Homes?
How Will You Live Your Sabbaths and Sundays If Revival Happens In A New Way?
Good Morning Friends, Jesus faced the challenges of the political and religious leaders who tried to trip him up by asking challenging questions related to his behavior and what they thought to be of importance, namely their continued status in positions of power. What they did not realize even though Jesus told them was that … Continue reading How Will You Live Your Sabbaths and Sundays If Revival Happens In A New Way?
How Do We Nurture A Heart Of Mercy And Hope In A Topsy-Turvy World?
Good Morning Friends, Well maybe God does not change, but we do and sometimes that is a very good thing for it is in the character of God to be merciful. And we do so need mercy. But do not think for a moment that you or I have this figured out even when we … Continue reading How Do We Nurture A Heart Of Mercy And Hope In A Topsy-Turvy World?
Are You Seeking Unity With Christ’s Radical Means Of Justice?
Good Morning Friends, Friends, the process by which we discern an answer to today’s question is caught up in our reaction to God’s love that can, if we let it, change us, bind us together and build us up collectively while freeing us from the boundaries in our own minds. And as I look out … Continue reading Are You Seeking Unity With Christ’s Radical Means Of Justice?
Do You Know How To Live Victoriously?
Good Morning Friends, Good and evil, light and darkness are opposites. They seem to have nothing in common with each other except that they are examples of what happens in our brain when we are deciding and discerning or even experiencing cognitive dissonance. It is also what might happen when we in believe. It is … Continue reading Do You Know How To Live Victoriously?
Who Rules Our Lives?
Good Morning Friends, The world is filled with faithful and unfaithful servants. Thankfully we have been set free to be slaves of righteousness instead of slaves to sin. We have been chosen for a purpose but also can choose to ignore it. You see, the purpose of being freed is to bring us into closer … Continue reading Who Rules Our Lives?
What Is Wrong With This World?
Good Morning Friends, There is a law in nature that nothing takes more than it needs and if it does death follows. Sadly, the earth has a growing cancer that believes it has the right to keep more than it can ever use. The air is polluted. The oceans are dying. Species are becoming extinct … Continue reading What Is Wrong With This World?
Daily Devotionals 