Greater Works Good Morning Friends, At first I was a bit baffled by today's scripture as I searched for the meaning behind the words and their purpose. I am still both comforted and disturbed by them, for they challenge all who believe in Jesus to do Greater Works. Scripture: Very truly, I tell you, the … Continue reading Greater Works →

A Hole in Our Bucket Good Morning Friends, Today we continue or journey to Pentecost and as we approach this feast day I am reminded of the Spiritual, Every Time I Feel the Spirit. Its relevant lyrics for today's devotional go like this: "On the mountain, my Lord spoke, out His mouth came fire and … Continue reading A Hole in Our Bucket →

Grace from the Heart Good Morning Friends, I have heard more than my fair share of sermons and preachers. Some preached fire and brimstone and others of a loving God. Some preached from the head and others the heart. But I would have to say that the key to a good one is found in … Continue reading Grace from the Heart →

The Position of Prayer Good Morning Friends, Review the prayers in the Bible and you will find that they are for the most part cries for help. People in battle, prison and on crosses cried out to God. But they were not sweet prayers of praise for the most part but more a reverent fear … Continue reading The Position of Prayer →

United We Stand and Divided We Fall Good Morning Friends, Do you sense the togetherness, the unity, the union, Jesus hopes and prays for as He prays for His disciples and all those who would be His followers today? Read today's scripture. Do you sense a connection as a child and parent? Do you sense … Continue reading United We Stand and Divided We Fall →

A Radical New Beginning Good Morning Friends, We are both on the road to Pentecost and in the age of Holy Spirit where God's redemptive acts reach out to change the world. There is a portion of this journey done and a portion left to be done. We see it reflected in the feast days. … Continue reading A Radical New Beginning →

The Ways of Salt and Light, Love and Truth Good Morning Friends, Do you want to experience God face to face and not just the wake of His activity in history? If so, do not make the mistake of being content in just receiving power without distributing it. There is a difference between influencing the … Continue reading The Ways of Salt and Light, Love and Truth →

Begin the Day with Prayer Good Morning Friends, Christians who realize the necessity for prayer and yearn for it but who find their prayer unconvincing and unsatisfying might benefit from working in the fields of Psalms as dynamic tools for prayer. Imagine walking with the songs as a vibration of the Holy Spirit as it … Continue reading Begin the Day with Prayer →

"W-H-A-T I-S L-O-V-E?" Good Morning Friends, A woman named Helen Keller had completely lost her sight as a child. She was both deaf and blind. Just three months shy of her seventh birthday, she met a woman - a teacher named Anne Sullivan. Helen tells about their first meeting: "The morning after my teacher came … Continue reading “W-H-A-T I-S L-O-V-E?” →

The Role of the Holy Spirit in Helping us to Overcome Spiritual Blindness Good Morning Friends, William Molyneux, an Irish philosopher, whose wife was blind wrote to the philosopher John Locke in July 1688 and asked whether a man born blind and taught to distinguish things by touch could attain the same knowledge by sight … Continue reading The Role of the Holy Spirit in Helping us to Overcome Spiritual Blindness →