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Children’s Devo – Dare to Be A Daniel
Oct 10th
The book of Daniel in the Old Testament is full of the adventure. This is the beginning of Daniel’s story.
Along with many other bright, handsome Jewish young men, Daniel and three of his friends had been kidnapped and taken away from their families and friends. They were taken to Babylon, where King Nebuchadnezzar ordered that they should be trained to be his servants. It must have been very hard for all of these young men. They had to learn a new language, study the literature and customs of the Chaldeans, and be trained for a job that they had not More >
Does God Have Wings?
Jul 29th
Under His Wings
When the Bible talks about God’s wings, does it really mean that He has wings, or is it a metaphor? When we read these Scriptures, we need to figure out whether they are giving an actual description of God or whether they are revealing an aspect of God’s character through a word picture. Let’s look to see what the Bible says about God having wings.God’s Wings in Ruth
When Boaz heard about how Ruth had left her home in Moab in order to care for her widowed mother-in-law and to follow the true God, he said, More >
Jacob and Esau – The Divided Family
Jul 11th
Jacob and Esau Part 2
In Part 1 we discovered that the unresolved conflicts between Jacob and Esau were fueled by their parents’ favoritism. Let’s see what happened when these roots were allowed to grow.
Because of a famine, Isaac moved his family to another area. God reinstated promises to bless his family, and Isaac began to prosper. Perhaps Esau began to realize how much of an inheritance he had lost to his brother. There is no indication that he ever sought after God, whom his father and mother served. In fact, he married two women from the idol worshiping tribes around them, and More >
Jacob and Esau – Family Conflict Begins
Jul 10th
Trading a Birthright for Stew
Jacob and Esau - Part 1
The Bible story of Jacob and Esau reveals family conflicts that had ongoing consequences for years to come. Isaac’s wife Rebekah had a difficult pregnancy in which two twins struggled together inside her. She spent time asking God why she felt so awful, and the Lord revealed to her that her two children would each be the father of nations. He said that the older one would serve the younger, even though in their culture the older son became the head of the family.
When the twins were born, the one who came More >
Children’s Devo: The Guy Who Fell Out of A Window
Jun 20th
Have you ever been in church and felt very, very sleepy? I have. It was hard to keep my eyes open, even though I wanted to hear what the preacher was telling us. When you get really sleepy, you might try and try to stay awake, but find that you just can’t.
That’s what happened to a young man (maybe a teenager) in the Bible. His name was Eutychus. He was listening to the apostle Paul preach in an upper room in the third story of a building in Troas. Paul was going to leave Troas the next day, and he More >
Launch Out Into the Deep
Apr 8th
Launch out into the deep. Luke 5:4
by Karen Roberts
The crowd was pressing in on Jesus as He spoke to them by the Lake of Gennesaret. They wanted to hear Him speak, and perhaps many of them had heard how he had been healing all kinds of diseases and setting people free from demons. He saw Simon Peter’s boat and asked him to let Him sit in it. They went out a little ways away from the land so that the crowds would not keep pushing against Him. And there He sat and taught them.
Then he turned to Simon Peter and More >
Filling the Water Pots
Mar 4th
Jesus is ready to fill your water pot.
by Karen Roberts
Most of us are familiar with Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, recorded in John 4. When she arrived with her water pot, He asked her for a drink. She was shocked that He, a Jewish male, would speak with her. The Jews hated the Samaritans and wouldn’t even walk through their country. And males who had not been introduced did not start conversations with females.
He told her that if she knew who He was, she would be asking Him for living water. He explained to her that More >
Jesus Did Not Need Twitter To Get Followers
Apr 26th
I enjoy using Twitter to communicate and to keep up with what other people are doing and thinking. One of the fun parts of my day is to log onto Twitter and find that I have new followers. This excites me because I love to share little thoughts, scriptures, and links to the devotions on this blog. I look at it as a ministry that God has given me – one in which I can encourage others to get to know Jesus and to grow in their relationship with Him.
Jesus acquired followers quickly, and He didn’t More >
The Process of Becoming a Miracle Worker
Dec 30th
Peter, perhaps the best known of Jesus’ disciples, became a worker of miracles, through the power of the Holy Spirit. In Acts we read how on the Day of Pentecost he preached on the streets of Jerusalem and 3000 people committed their lives to follow Jesus Christ. As time went on, he became known as a person whom God used to heal the sick. In fact, people would bring the sick and demonized to the streets where Peter walked so that his shadow could fall upon them. Many were healed and set free in this way.
Twice Peter was set free More >
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