Are You Rich Toward God?

Good Morning Friends, The disasters in the news and that some of us experienced firsthand over the last few years have helped me to realize in a deeper way that my life is on loan from God and so each moment is something to bring joy. It also reminded me that hoarding joy is pointless … Continue reading Are You Rich Toward God? →

Why Would We Turn Our Back On Jesus When The World Needs The Sanity He Offers Now?

Good Morning Friends, The first missionaries in the Bible had it tough. Scripture says they were being sent out like sheep among wolves first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. One might think it reasonable to throw in the towel and call it quits but Jesus did not quit, and Paul was not … Continue reading Why Would We Turn Our Back On Jesus When The World Needs The Sanity He Offers Now? →

If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?

Good Morning Friends, We all are amazingly and wonderfully different. So, imagine yourself, fully aware of the unique mission and vision God has placed in you as a specific purpose to advance God’s kingdom in this world, yet, let us be honest, some of us are held hostage to phobias, irrational worries, and destructive fears … Continue reading If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When? →

Are We Living By The Fruit Of The Spirit Of Christ In Us?

Good Morning Friends, Now some may say that repudiation of the law as a means of salvation would lead to a lot of people living badly but Paul as well as Jesus offer a new kind of freedom that much like the Sermon on the Mount turn everything inside out. It is not so much … Continue reading Are We Living By The Fruit Of The Spirit Of Christ In Us? →

Is Seeing Believing Or Is Believing Seeing For The Christian?

Good Morning Friends, Today’s devotional is not about Christian’s relationship with politicians, nor will it tell you how to convert Muslims seeking to learn about the Trinity. But it will address the issue of antagonism prevalent in the cultures of time and in a way the problem of hypocrisy. Conflict is nothing new in efforts … Continue reading Is Seeing Believing Or Is Believing Seeing For The Christian? →

Are We Seeking To Live In A Season Of Wisdom As Evangelists and Apostles?

Good Morning Friends, The Bible says that we are all to be of one body, even though we serve different functions in that body. We affirm this in the breaking of bread where the one loaf is distributed to the believers, each a part, yet confessing that the body of Christ is one and whole. … Continue reading Are We Seeking To Live In A Season Of Wisdom As Evangelists and Apostles? →

How Does Believing in God’s Faithfulness Make Us Well?

Good Morning Friends,The Bible has several examples of mental illness and treatments too. We have a king eating grass and being humbled in the process so that he might be used by God after a time in the book of Daniel. The therapy being time. We have the stories of king Saul and his depression, … Continue reading How Does Believing in God’s Faithfulness Make Us Well? →

Would You Be Willing to Come and See How Jesus Helps Us To Answer The Call To Holiness?

Good Morning Friends, Calling someone the Lamb of God for a Jew in the time of Jesus was really a more impressive comment than we give credit to the title today. It was a Wow!!! statement that prompted excitement and emotions. It was an invitation to a spiritual feast and a discovery of something … Continue reading Would You Be Willing to Come and See How Jesus Helps Us To Answer The Call To Holiness? →

If Jesus Defeated The Devil and Death, Why Do We Still Have To Fight Evil?

Good Morning Friends, Today’s lectionary selection from Joel reads a lot like Revelation 9 and all the woes of the end times. Part of the reading is about the time when Joel, a Temple prophet and lay botanist, lived and the occasion of an unprecedented locust plague which he compared to the assault of revile … Continue reading If Jesus Defeated The Devil and Death, Why Do We Still Have To Fight Evil? →

What Is The Good Of Trying To Serve God If We Are Unsure Of Divine Will?

Good Morning Friends, Today we revisit a recent lectionary selection about disappointed and disillusioned people who accuse God of being unfair. If you go to an institutional church, you most likely have seen the problem firsthand. But today let us interpret this issue through a passage from Romans. So, in review, we got a sense … Continue reading What Is The Good Of Trying To Serve God If We Are Unsure Of Divine Will? →