Tag Archives: Jesus

We Can Afford To Be Calm

Monday June 12, 2023 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/12/2023

If The Cathedral Wavers . . . The Cathedral of Florence has a dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446). The builder left a small opening in the dome through which a shaft of light streams every June 21. The sunbeam … Continue reading

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Being Used of God – 1

Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Acts 9:3-18 One of the most humbling truths revealed in the Word of God is that God uses you and I for the accomplishment of His purposes. That can truly be a staggering thought. The … Continue reading

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Saturday Prayer & Praise 6/10/2023

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Jesus, Master, have mercy upon me! I wake this morning poor, wretched, empty, and needy—as though I never before had heard of your dear name, or had never been living upon your fullness. … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 6/10/2023

Leadership Principles From Nehemiah – 2 Leaders Leverage Their Power (Nehemiah 2:5). MANAGEMENT has been defined as the ability to get things done through other people. However, that can happen only if the people involved are in a position to … Continue reading

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Barnabas

For Saturday June 10, 2023 Acts 11:23 When [Barnabas] arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. (NIV) Did you learn … Continue reading

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Jesus Is Coming Again! – 12

Scripture Text – Matthew 24:3-14 He Is Coming With a Shout Paul says, “The Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout.” Christ Jesus is now in heaven. He has been there for nineteen hundred years plus waiting for the … Continue reading

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Contrasts and Conflicts – 6

Scripture Reference: John 8 Honor and Dishonor Please read John 8:48-59 for background to this section. The religious leaders could not refute our Lord’s statements, so they attacked His person. Some students think that the leaders’ statement in John 8:41, … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/09/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we come with our pain and our sorrows. We come with our hurts and our concerns, with our anger and our disappointments, with our weakness and our failures, with our hopes and our dreams and … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/09/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Matthew 12:21

Friday June 9, 2023 Matthew 12:21 “And in His name Gentiles will trust.” For thousands of years the chosen people had lived in hope. God had promised to send His people a Deliverer. When at last He was born in … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/09/2023

Perfect Yardstick in London After ten years of patient work, experts in London finished what is said to be the most perfect yardstick in the world. It is made of platinum and iridium, and was designed to be used as … Continue reading

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Contrasts and Conflicts – 5

Scripture Reference: John 8 Freedom and Bondage – Continued Please read John 8:31-47 for background to this section. Jesus explained to the Pharisees that the difference between spiritual freedom and bondage is a matter of whether one is a son … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/08/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we have come because you have called us. We have come because you are worthy. We have come because you have called us to yourself. We have come because you set us free. We come … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/08/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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What Next?

Thursday June 8, 2023 John 13:17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” Determine to know more than others. If you do not cut the moorings, God will have to break them by a storm … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/08/2023

Those Range Marks St. Mary’s River, Michigan, between Lake Superior and Lake Huron is very crooked, and therefore very dangerous for ships passing up and down, yet there is an immense amount of shipping going thru it continually. In the … Continue reading

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Contrasts and Conflicts – 4

Scripture Reference: John 8 Life and Death – Continued Please read John 8:21-30 for background to this section. It seems incredible that these religious “experts” should ask, “Who are You?” He had given them every evidence that He is the … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/07/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we come to you because in you we find our hope, our joy, our peace and the strength to begin again. We come to you, Lord, because in Christ you first came to us. We … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/07/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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