Tag Archives: Religion

Faith From The Beginning 2/24/2024

Needs But Little – Continued MOSES was indeed, the salt of the earth in those days. When finally God did come to judge Israel, it was because the salt had lost its power and there was found no intercessor. In … Continue reading

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Faith Is the Victory – 1

Scripture Reference: Genesis 14 When you enroll in the “school of faith,” you never know what may happen next. Visit Abraham one day and you’ll find him settling a boundary dispute. Visit him another day and you’ll see him gearing … Continue reading

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Praise The Lord 2/23/2024

The Lord Is My Fortress! I love You, Lord; You are my strength. You Lord are my rock, my fortress, and my savior; You God are my rock, in whom I find protection. You are my shield, the power that … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/23/2024

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 9:36-38

Friday February 23, 2024 Matthew 9:36-38 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them . . . . Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/23/2024

Riddle Me This Jesus’ enemies regularly attempted to make Him look foolish or to disprove His authority. The absurd questions they concocted to discredit Him are rather amusing. The Sadducees posed one of the most preposterous questions about the resurrection … Continue reading

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I Have Called You Friends – 3

Scripture Reference: John 15:12-25 From Last Lesson: Jesus did have to die for us. He died to reveal the Father’s compassion, not to appease the Father’s love. That may be the first thing we need to make perfectly clear. Christian … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/22/2024

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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The Discipline of Spiritual Tenacity

Thursday February 22, 2024 Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God.” Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/22/2024

Who Is Trustworthy? We might get sidetracked when reading the Parable of the Ten Minas. Businessmen aren’t sympathetic characters in our modern world. In movies and sometimes in life, they’re often flat, miserly characters who take advantage of naïve individuals … Continue reading

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I Have Called You Friends – 2

Scripture Reference: John 15:12-25 The arms race today, and the once called “cold-war” is like that. It is the cut that exposes the grain. The grain is national chauvinism, the assumption of moral superiority inherent in our kind of people … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/21/2024

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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Isaiah 41:10

Wednesday February 21, 2024 Isaiah 41:10 Be not dismayed, for I am your God. How tenderly God is always comforting our fears! How sweetly He says in Isaiah 41:10, “Fear not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/21/2024

God the Innovator Innovators often say they learn more from their failures than their successes. The successes come as a result of repeated failures, whether in business or in life. We must learn from our mistakes if we are to … Continue reading

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I Have Called You Friends – 1

Scripture Reference: John 15:12-25 The man who is speaking the words in our reference scriptures will be dead and buried approximately twenty-four hours later. He is preparing a small circle of His followers to be ready to live without Him. … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/20/2024

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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The Great Reservoir

Tuesday February 20, 2024 Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. If I should vainly attempt to fashion my discourse after lofty models, I should this morning compare the human heart … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/20/2024

Complaints Complaining can be automatic. We complain about the weather, our children, our jobs. And we might do it for any number of reasons—even something as trivial as to keep a conversation going. Although we might complain lightly, we still … Continue reading

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The Anointing of a Praying Church – 4

Scripture Reference: Acts 4:23-31 5. There Is Grace Abounding in the Lives of God’s People Luke told us that “great grace was upon them all” (Acts 4:33). The word grace here could be exchanged for the word Christlikeness. These people … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/19/2024

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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