Good Morning Friends, I am not sure I like the idea of always using the lectionary as if the combination of the scripture of the day always holds a special message. But I will go with it anyway since millions of people around the world might be reading this very same scripture. Let’s see where … Continue reading What Can We Learn About Faith And Leadership In The Parting Of Waters And Ways?
Can We Love Unconditionally In A Wicked World?
Good Morning Friends, Life is frequently unfair. Our passage from 1 Kings points that out. Bad things happen to good people and their families. Brutality and injustice are all around us. And we wonder why. Initially we submit to the reality that God’s purpose is beyond us, and God’s ways are above our ways. But … Continue reading Can We Love Unconditionally In A Wicked World?
Who Is Sovereign?
Good Morning Friends, Established frameworks of order are necessary for liberty to be possible but that does not mean that all people in positions of power are good. Some are evil. In today’s text we have the wife of King Ahab, Jezebel, exerting undue influence. The King wanted Naboth to sell out his vineyard, but … Continue reading Who Is Sovereign?
Has the Church Lost The Roots Of Its Voice?
Good Morning Friends, We all have an interest in our heritage and legacy. We can even get our DNA tested to discover our genealogy, but what is more important is our spiritual DNA and discovering our voice in the family of God. Well suppose that every time you opened your mouth you said something which … Continue reading Has the Church Lost The Roots Of Its Voice?
How Good Are We At Keeping Promises?
Good Morning Friends, For some, the consideration of consequences motivates proper behavior and for others a night in a cave thinking. For some it is a shout and others a still small voice, like a pregnant pause. Whatever the process we still must decide, or it will be decided for us. We can get back … Continue reading How Good Are We At Keeping Promises?
Are We Going To Stay In The Game?
Good Morning Friends, Today we have another example of the power that comes out of events that seem small. The death of a single man 2000 years ago and the sighting of a puff of a cloud on the horizon for those facing famine. Both would become signs of hope of a rain such as … Continue reading Are We Going To Stay In The Game?
Are We Following Laws To Conform Or Be Transformed?
Good Morning Friends, Indecision was a problem for Israel during the time of Elijah. People are having a hard time deciding whose side to be on. We face similar problems in our world today that challenge us to face up to today’s question. And it involves us thinking through our attitudes about laws we have … Continue reading Are We Following Laws To Conform Or Be Transformed?
Is Our Light Shining So Others Might See And Our Salt Salty So Others Might Better Experience Jesus?
Good Morning Friends, The world is watching us. In our role, as Christians we are to help people around us so that they do not slip and fall. We are to be encouragers of healthy behavior. With great love and kindness, we are to help people recognize their mistakes and seek God’s I.V. solution for … Continue reading Is Our Light Shining So Others Might See And Our Salt Salty So Others Might Better Experience Jesus?
Do You Feel You Are Backed Up By God’s Grace?
Good Morning Friends, Being a Christian means being different from all the rest of the eggs. We have been set apart for a purpose full of the Holy Spirit and blessed in ways that baffle the world. Embracing this mindset frees us to do amazing things even to qualify today’s question in the affirmative for … Continue reading Do You Feel You Are Backed Up By God’s Grace?
Where Are You?
Good Morning Friends, God of course knows the answer but asks anyway. And this time the answer is not obviously linked to Jesus. The question is straightforward and designed to make us think about our relationship geographically as well as mentally and spiritually to the design God has set forth. Knowing the right perspective is … Continue reading Where Are You?
Daily Devotionals 