Are We Going To Be Creative And Resilient Enough To Find A Way To Overcome Obstacles?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's devotional is about personal responsibility and paralysis. It is about the effects of kings, kin and kindness in motivating us to action. But is also about those things that might restrain us from our better … Continue reading Are We Going To Be Creative And Resilient Enough To Find A Way To Overcome Obstacles? →

When You Ask For Help Can You Feel God's Touch Guiding You To Obey?  Good Morning Friends,  Yesterday we contemplated what it was like to hear from God but today we explore the problems we have when we do not hear from God as set forth in the book of Samuel. Then we explore the … Continue reading When You Ask For Help Can You Feel God’s Touch Guiding You To Obey? →

Are We Listening and Believing That God Is Still Speaking To Us When We Share The Gospel?  Good Morning Friends,  There was a time in the history of the world when the Word of God was a very rare thing. One would think that the Word of God would never be out of season, however … Continue reading Are We Listening and Believing That God Is Still Speaking To Us When We Share The Gospel? →

Is Jesus In Favoring House?  Good Morning Friends,  When we invite Jesus to be in our midst in worship some amazing things will happen. Things like receiving new insights and knowledge and emotions. There is a bright and a dark side to the human condition that might guide us in needed new year's resolutions here. … Continue reading Is Jesus In Favoring House? →

Are We Really Thirsty For An Anointing With The Water Of Life?  Good Morning Friends,  Today's lectionary selections are rather lengthy given the importance, depth and extent of effect of the Baptism of Jesus. Spend some time diving into the deep waters and drink your fill of their life-giving Spirit in relationship with the Son … Continue reading Are We Really Thirsty For An Anointing With The Water Of Life? →

Where Is The Baby Jesus Now?  Good Morning Friends,  Most people have put up their Christmas tree decorations and the nativity scenes have been packed away. We fast forward to Jesus' baptism or to the coming of the wise men or other passages, perhaps forgetting the Jesus had to grow up like other humans. Where … Continue reading Where Is The Baby Jesus Now? →

Do You Have A Humble Yet Victorious Faith?  Good Morning Friends,  Now some may say that attending a certain church is the answer, or naming and claiming, or sending an offering to a missionary, but the Bible suggests true success is found in staying Christ-centered and standing on the Word of God. And it is … Continue reading Do You Have A Humble Yet Victorious Faith? →

Are You Ready To See The Gate Of Heaven Open Up?  Good Morning Friends,  In the today's Gospel of John, Nathanael is introduced to Jesus as a friend of Philip, from Bethsaida. He is named Bartholomew in the other three Gospels but in the Gospel of John is called Nathanael. Interestingly he is impressed that … Continue reading Are You Ready To See The Gate Of Heaven Open Up? →

Would You Be Willing to Come and See?  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 … Continue reading Would You Be Willing to Come and See? →

Where Is The Lamb Of God?  Good Morning Friends,  Billy Sunday, a famous evangelist of the last century is credited with saying that there are 256 names in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because Jesus is infinitely beyond just one title and one devotional. So, as we contemplate … Continue reading Where Is The Lamb Of God? →