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?
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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?
Why Does Jesus Still Have A Heart To Love Us?
Good Morning Friends, Once we have established that there is a God and that Christianity is the way to God, then a big question looms that is prompted by what we learn as youth. You see in Sunday School, in church, we learn that Jesus loves us. We sing songs to this point and memorize … Continue reading Why Does Jesus Still Have A Heart To Love Us?
Is The Paraclete Prodding You To Practice A Practical Lifestyle Supporting The Cause Of The King?
Good Morning Friends, Acts of faith are often viewed as being less rational and sound than cold analytical actions. Even our language and the changing meaning of words tends to diminish or even denigrate actions taken born out of our religious heritage. Interacting respectfully with those of different beliefs in a polarized society while remaining … Continue reading Is The Paraclete Prodding You To Practice A Practical Lifestyle Supporting The Cause Of The King?
Are We Unconsciously Limiting God Because Of Our Perspective On Death?
Good Morning Friends, We start the day with a little background information to help answer today’s question and bring the issue into our conscious thoughts, so bear with me the history lesson. There were three major theocratic parties in Israel the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Essenes. Josephus, the historian, linked them to Greek thought … Continue reading Are We Unconsciously Limiting God Because Of Our Perspective On Death?
Will The Next Generation Understand The Ongoing Price Of Freedom And Want It Anyway?
Good Morning Friends, We have a challenge today, and now that I have grandchildren, I have begun to reflect on it more often. Our culture brings objections against Christianity, sometimes expressed through one sector or another and sometimes through multiple sectors of government, entertainment, cultural behavior, business practices and education all at once. It is popular … Continue reading Will The Next Generation Understand The Ongoing Price Of Freedom And Want It Anyway?
Have Our Lives Confirmed Our Callings?
Good Morning Friends, Now you probably will not have an audible voice of God speaking to you telling you what assignment to carry out for the Kingdom. Still, we each have a purpose even without the thunder and blinding light. Christ’s purpose was to die for our sins. And maybe yours too has a price … Continue reading Have Our Lives Confirmed Our Callings?
Have You Considered What It Means To Be The Body Of Christ?
Good Morning Friends, When we were kids, my dad took my two brothers and me camping on Padre Island just south of Corpus Christi, Texas in the 1960’s. We drove on the beach and camped in the dunes…cooking on an open fire. It was not until much later that I made the connection between today’s … Continue reading Have You Considered What It Means To Be The Body Of Christ?
Daily Devotionals 