The sacrafice of a broken heart
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. ~Psalm 57:17 (ESV) “Faith is not belief in an afterlife based on today’s moral litmus test. To the...
View ArticleWashed by grace
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ~Hebrews 10:22 (ESV) “Life is not a game...
View ArticleLiving, today
Who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have...
View ArticleYou call me friend
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. ~John 15:15...
View ArticleKnown and loved
God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘ I am has sent me to you. ‘” ~Exodus 3:14 (CEB) “I am! Here is the home of the spirit, where we can hear and say,...
View ArticleBeyond my understanding
You surround me—front and back. You put your hand on me. That kind of knowledge is too much for me; it’s so high above me that I can’t fathom it. ~Psalm 139:5-6 (CEB) “If any doctrines within the...
View ArticleTransform me
So, brothers and sisters, because of God’s mercies, I encourage you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. This is your appropriate priestly service. Don’t be...
View ArticleRemembering to say “Thank You”
On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men with skin diseases approached him. Keeping their distance from him, they raised...
View ArticleMy prayer this day
To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may...
View ArticlePreposterous Promise
The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ, God’s Son, happened just as it was written about in the prophecy of Isaiah: Look, I am sending my messenger before you. He will prepare your way, a...
View ArticleMy soul dances
For in [Christ] every one of God’s promises is a “Yes.” For this reason it is through him that we say the “Amen,” to the glory of God ~2 Cor. 1:20 (NRSV) “God’s apparent lack of restraint when it...
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This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. When Mary his mother was engaged to Joseph, before they were married, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was a righteous man....
View ArticleA practice of faith
Even young people are known by their actions, whether their conduct is pure and upright. ~Prov. 20:11 (CEB) “There is no need to multiply examples of what is so patently an essential condition of the...
View ArticleOrdinary every day
During the rule of King Herod of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous before...
View ArticleWhen spirituality dawns
It was still the first day of the week. That evening, while the disciples were behind closed doors because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace...
View ArticleFreedom of the soul
Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that the things that have happened to me have actually advanced the gospel. The whole Praetorian Guard and everyone else knows that I’m in prison for Christ....
View ArticleReal freedom
One day Jesus was standing beside Lake Gennesaret when the crowd pressed in around him to hear God’s word. Jesus saw two boats sitting by the lake. The fishermen had gone ashore and were washing their...
View ArticleLove makes the difference
When they finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” Simon replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” Jesus...
View ArticleMany ways to Pray
I pray that the eyes of your heart will have enough light to see what is the hope of God’s call, what is the richness of God’s glorious inheritance among believers, and what is the overwhelming...
View ArticlePrayerful
I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from you, I have nothing good.” You, LORD, are my portion, my cup; you control my destiny. I will bless the LORD who advises me; even at night I am...
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