As we approach Father’s Day, let’s think about our Heavenly Father’s love for us. There is a Greek word, agape, which is used in the New Testament to describe our Father’s love. This love is an unconditional love. It flows from God to us, even though we don’t deserve it. We cannot earn it. Besides…
The picture Jesus paints in John 15 is that of a vine with multiple branches jetting forth, bearing fruit. Jesus says that He is this vine and we are the branches that bear fruit for the Father,
When we have our hope as an earnest expectation of grace’s future accomplishments, then faith comes into action and brings about the thing we hope for. Faith requires Hope! And hope does not disappoint!
On this day we commemorate how Jesus entered Jerusalem humbly riding on the colt of a donkey. The people didn’t understand. They thought he was entering as the one who would set Himself up as King and drive out the tyranny of the Roman rulers.
…as people with raised eyebrows and furrowed foreheads shake their heads in disbelief, know that you’re weird in a good way.
The problem is this: my heart has been hardened through past hurts, sins, fears, pride, rejection and unbelief.
Sometimes we lose sight of where God wants to take us in life. I’m not talking about a physical location, but a spiritual state in which we are tuned in to Him and are doing His will. We can get so caught up in the issues of everyday life that we stop pressing on into…
In my personal devotions this morning I was reading the three accounts in the gospels where Jesus talked about how you can’t put new wine into old wineskins. If you do, the new wine will cause the old wineskins to burst. New Creations = New Wineskins I’ve often thought about this as how the old…
Daniel 1:8 says that Daniel “purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself.” He made a decision to follow God’s laws, no matter what. He loved God.
As I write this, much of the United States is engulfed by a humid heat wave. People are trying to deal with the heat by going into air conditioned places and by drinking lots of fluids. People can die from intense heat like this, so precautions are necessary. People are advised to not stay out…
