Tag Archives: Salvation

Reflecting With God 7/03/2024

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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Song of Solomon 4:8

Wednesday July 3, 2024 Song of Solomon 4:8 Depart from the peak. (Look from the top. – KJV). Yes, our perplexities would become plain if we kept on a spiritual elevation. How often when the traveler quite loses his way … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/03/2024

A Moment to Reflect Anyone will admit that wisdom is more than just knowledge. We think of wisdom as thoughtful insight acquired with life experience. However, Paul and the author of Proverbs tell us that it is not something we … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 9

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Why Is He Breaking the Rules? – Continued Please read Mark 2:23-3:6 for the background to this section. The last two stories in this group are about Jesus and the Sabbath, and again we find people … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/02/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we praise you for every person whose life gives us hope and whose words breathe forgiveness; for those who first brought us to Christ and for those whose witness, worship and service made being a … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/02/2024

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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More and More

Tuesday July 2, 2024 Psalm 71:14 But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. Can you count your great mercies? I cannot count mine. Perhaps you think the numeration easy. I find it endless. I … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/02/2024

You Have to Mean It Wisdom really isn’t all that difficult to find. We think of this attribute as hidden or fleeting, but the book of Proverbs portrays Wisdom calling out to us: “Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 8

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: Obviously, Jesus is not giving us His top ten household tips here! He is … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/01/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we thank you for everything in your creation that speaks to us of your grace, your power, your truth and your glory; for every person whose life, words and deeds bring honor to your name … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/01/2024

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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Undivided Trinity

Monday July 1, 2024 Luke 23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. Even when Christ Jesus died on that unholy, fly-infested … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/01/2024

The Ties That Bind We don’t often consider our former lives as enslavement. We characterize our lives before Christ by bad decisions and sinful patterns, but not bondage. We like to think of ourselves as neutral beings. But Paul paints … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 7

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: So here is the Messiah, hosting a party not for the elite, but for … Continue reading

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Sunday Prayer & Praise 6/30/2024

Dear Lord, hear our prayer: Father in heaven, Almighty God, You are holy and just, yet gracious and merciful and today Lord I want to bow before You and give You thanks and praise for who You are to not … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 6/30/2024

The oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. PSALM 9:18 Billy Graham Yes, THERE IS HOPE. There is hope for the present because I believe the stage has already been set for … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 6/30/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 92 It is an inestimable joy that I was raised out of nothing to see and enjoy this glorious world: It is a Sacred Gift whereby the children of men are made my treasures, … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 6

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 What Does He Think He Is Doing? – Continued Please read Mark 2:13-22 for the background to this section. In the next instance, Jesus is having dinner at Levi’s house. It seems likely that he has … Continue reading

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Saturday Prayer & Praise 6/29/2024

Philip Doddridge: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers O Lord, cast us into whatever dangers you please, and we will cheerfully await the happy event which will at length prove the wisdom and kindness of even your most mysterious plans. In … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 6/29/2024

God’s Warning IN Zephaniah’s day, the people of Judah had grown deaf to the periodic warnings of the Lord concerning the imminent shipwreck of their nation. Occasionally He took extreme measures to shake them out of their complacency, to no … Continue reading

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