Good Morning Friends, A friend of mine pointed out to me that a lot of terms we use as scriptural do not appear in the Bible. For example, nowhere will you see the word Easter in scripture. There has been a cultural subversion of the Biblical faith, and it is now so embedded in the … Continue reading Do You Believe Jesus Is The Covenant Of Love He Claimed To Be For The Church?
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Have You Been Freed By The Truth Or Are You Deceived?
Good Morning Friends, There is a deception in this world that seems to be growing and it is a personal and collective problem not limited by political party or culture. We are plagued by fake news and the rewriting of history for profit that does not tell the full story and often promotes a very … Continue reading Have You Been Freed By The Truth Or Are You Deceived?
Do We Have The Faith To Stop Complaining, Overcome Our Instincts, And Be Healed And Saved?
Good Morning Friends, The sad storyline in Exodus and Numbers is of a group of people who made a profession of complaining for forty years. As God was delivering them and providing for them, they whined. And honestly, I might have as well if I had been bitten by a snake and attributed my situation … Continue reading Do We Have The Faith To Stop Complaining, Overcome Our Instincts, And Be Healed And Saved?
Are We All In Disciples Of The Light?
Good Morning Friends, Sorting out false prophets is not as easy as one might think for false prophets are shrewd. Some basic wisdom is available to us. It has been said that early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy, and wise. And perhaps that is true for one who spends … Continue reading Are We All In Disciples Of The Light?
Have You Tried To Comprehend The Transformative Power Of God Crucified On The Cross?
Good Morning Friends, Paul gives three reasons for boasting only in the cross of Jesus Christ. He claims the cross has the power to free believers from the world’s bondage. It has the power to do what the flesh cannot do. And it has the power to bring salvation from the evil of the world. … Continue reading Have You Tried To Comprehend The Transformative Power Of God Crucified On The Cross?
What Are We to Do When We Have Self-inflicted Wounds?
Good Morning Friends, WARNING! YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS. Today’s devotional reminds me of my grandfather who had a glass eye he would take out and show us as kids as he told the story of walking into a towel hanger that popped out his real one. It reminds me of my dad … Continue reading What Are We to Do When We Have Self-inflicted Wounds?
Have You Ever Lost The Presence of God?
Good Morning Friends, The Gospel reading today is about the witness of the love of God being in Jesus and his disciples and the sad reality that the religious elite would reject that love. Jesus makes the case for the work of the Holy Spirit in him and many people were surprised for they did … Continue reading Have You Ever Lost The Presence of God?
Who Is Jesus To Us Today?
Good Morning Friends, The Gospels spend a lot of time on the topic of who Jesus is and the reality that he will judge everyone. Jesus does not set out to embarrass those questioning him, but he does desire people to know the truth. Some call him the Messiah, the Son of David… Others compare … Continue reading Who Is Jesus To Us Today?
What Would Happen If We Stopped Being Afraid Of Getting Closer To Jesus’ Love In The Holy Spirit?
Good Morning Friends, Today we look at Ezekiel’s vision of a time of abundance in the days of conflict that preceded the first destruction of Jerusalem and from the Gospel of John, the healing of a person with paralysis at the Sheep Gate pool. They combine with today’s psalm in a way that is about … Continue reading What Would Happen If We Stopped Being Afraid Of Getting Closer To Jesus’ Love In The Holy Spirit?
Can You Imagine The Lord Dreaming Beyond Time And Space Healing Us With Mind and Heart?
Good Morning Friends, Sometimes in our lives we face events that change everything. Isaiah certainly wrote about this, and I wonder what he would think of the world in which we live today. It would seem otherworldly to him for sure. With this life changing reality staring us in the face today in today’s scriptures … Continue reading Can You Imagine The Lord Dreaming Beyond Time And Space Healing Us With Mind and Heart?
Daily Devotionals 