Good Morning Friends, Hurricane Helene is heading up the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and will likely make landfall later tomorrow, so I am sending out tomorrow’s devotional today before our power goes out. The Hurricane Center warns that it could become a major Category 4 Hurricane with a storm surge of up to 20 … Continue reading How Do You Deal With The Problem of Anxiety?
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Do You Have Some Questions About Who Jesus Is And His Purpose For The Temple In Your Life?
Good Morning Friends, Building a purposeful life is what should matter to Christians and living life with eternity in mind helps. I think that today’s passage from Ecclesiastes was related to that reality, at least inasmuch as Solomon knew God. The wise words of Solomon seem relevant today in ways that may have even surprised … Continue reading Do You Have Some Questions About Who Jesus Is And His Purpose For The Temple In Your Life?
Are You Willing To Not Only Hear And Say But Do What Is Right?
Good Morning Friends, Living a Christian life amid a confused world has never been easy. The hope is for us to be whole people even though the world is broken. The problem is that often the harder we try the worse it gets. The answer in scripture to this dilemma is to accept Jesus. I … Continue reading Are You Willing To Not Only Hear And Say But Do What Is Right?
Is Your Light Shining The Way Home For Others?
Good Morning Friends, In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said that we were light, unfortunately too many of us do not like to share it properly. When Christ died on the cross it was as if part of him was placed in us as a light that if combined with others and focused would … Continue reading Is Your Light Shining The Way Home For Others?
Is The Holy Spirit Gently Influencing You To Convert Others?
Good Morning Friends, I would suggest to you this morning that spiritual influence is more than a force born out of our thoughts and feelings but that sometimes we can be a tangible palpable force that can be applied either positively or negatively, all based on relationships and at least in part on our response … Continue reading Is The Holy Spirit Gently Influencing You To Convert Others?
How Does Belief In Our Resurrection Compare To The Experience Of Worldly Wealth And Contentment ?
Good Morning Friends, Honestly, I get a little irritated when people are not thankful with what they have and always want more and more. Part of me wants to be kind and please people. Another part does not want to risk being taken advantage of. But given the balance of things I think it is … Continue reading How Does Belief In Our Resurrection Compare To The Experience Of Worldly Wealth And Contentment ?
What Would It Be Like To See The Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig?
Good Morning Friends, I am really beginning to wonder if the universe folds in on itself like a Mobius strip or like the Asteroids video game I used to play forty-two years ago- where if you go off the screen to the right you suddenly appear on the left and if you exit the top … Continue reading What Would It Be Like To See The Prodigal from the Perspective of the Pig?
Do We Know How To Behave As Model Christians For The Next Generation?
Good Morning Friends, Today we look at the core mystery of our faith and the reaction of the world to it as we contemplate the quality of our personal response. And in the process, we will learn that God has a way of making the unknown known through the Spirit and sometimes it is a … Continue reading Do We Know How To Behave As Model Christians For The Next Generation?
As You Pick Up Your Own Cross, How Do You Feel About Your Body At The Crossroads?
Good Morning Friends, Jesus can change even the most hopeless of situations for he brings hope to those who are struggling to hold on. Think of the victim by the side of the road in the story of the Good Samaritan. Think of the status of the church in some sectors where oppression and war … Continue reading As You Pick Up Your Own Cross, How Do You Feel About Your Body At The Crossroads?
How Is Your Faith In Christ’s Authority Forming Your Love For Others?
Good Morning Friends, Having great faith in Christ’s love enables us to stop worrying about ourselves, which then frees us to look out for the interests of those around us. There are plenty of people who need saving in this world. Great faith enables us to stop worrying about our own status before God and … Continue reading How Is Your Faith In Christ’s Authority Forming Your Love For Others?
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