Tag: christianity

Can Our Personal Spiritual Growth And Community And Church Work Become Unified?

  Good Morning Friends,  Maybe we should value both an easy faith in our practice of religion and one that suffers too. Probably we are to meet problems in the church and our personal life with an attitude that difficulties must be addressed, and some are there because we are doing something right not something … Continue reading Can Our Personal Spiritual Growth And Community And Church Work Become Unified? →

Are We Being Called In The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit To Provide Hope For Lost Sheep?

Good Morning Friends, One of God’s favorite metaphors in the Bible is that of a shepherd. All throughout the story of Scripture, the importance of leading the flock is threaded through the message. Abel kept flocks. Abraham amassed an enormous number of sheep and goats. Moses and David were the two central leaders of the … Continue reading Are We Being Called In The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit To Provide Hope For Lost Sheep? →

Will The Hope We Find In The Story Of The Birth Of Jesus Move Us To Be Better?

Good Morning Friends, Here in the story… history and His story and our stories converging in the compassion of the great commandment… a Jesus in a manger, a Jesus on the cross, a risen Jesus…and now Jesus in us. Friends, when we trust in God, we overflow with the hope of the Holy Spirit. When we … Continue reading Will The Hope We Find In The Story Of The Birth Of Jesus Move Us To Be Better? →

What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually?

Good Morning Friends, Today’s devotional is about blindness and primal trust and our will to believe in the power of Jesus while at the same time, without being paranoid, realize that some people who want to play God will seize opportunities to make a trap for those that uphold hope. It is about inner blindness … Continue reading What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually? →

Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joyful Tranquility And Rule?

Good Morning Friends,    If you read chapter 10 of Isaiah, you would read about Isaiah proclaiming the Lord’s judgment against Assyria and against Israel. Assyria was a great nation that one-day would destroy Israel and that would be the end of them. The Lord would punish them. They would no longer rise again to be … Continue reading Are You Willing To Wait Patiently For A Holy Spirit Proclamation Of Christ’s Joyful Tranquility And Rule? →

Do You Know The Signs Of Christ’s Coming?

Good Morning Friends, Today is the first Sunday in Advent and the scripture really is a continuation of the little apocalypse presented in the Gospel reading which follows last week’s Christ the King Sunday scripture. So, today we read about the sea threatening to spill over its shores and engulf the world, and it seems … Continue reading Do You Know The Signs Of Christ’s Coming? →

Do You Recognize the Authority of Christ As Your Security?

Good Morning Friends, Today is Black Friday marking the beginning of the Christmas Shopping Season. And no, it is not a religious holiday. Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day and though its underlying focus is Christian like it is not a religious holiday either. Maybe we have too much feasting going on. Anyway, I watched a bit … Continue reading Do You Recognize the Authority of Christ As Your Security? →

Do You Know What The Devil Does Not Want Us To Hear This Thanksgiving?

Good Morning Friends, Today on this Thanksgiving Day, the assigned Anniversary of that story of grace in the face of possible starvation that is said to have happened more than 400 years ago, we read a passage prophesying about the fall of evil’s rule on earth and in it is hope of a tool for … Continue reading Do You Know What The Devil Does Not Want Us To Hear This Thanksgiving? →

How Do You See The Drama Of History Being Played Out For Those You Love?

Good Morning Friends,  Peace in the Middle East. Perhaps. At least that is what the News Feeds claim. In the disturbing drama of the war, we can only hope the ceasefire holds and people can return home. So too the Gospel of Jesus has always been a bit disturbing to people, but it is never … Continue reading How Do You See The Drama Of History Being Played Out For Those You Love? →