With gatherings slowed or shut down you may have an abundance of free time. What will you do with your free time? Better question – what have you done with your free time so far? Binged Netflix, video games, or social media? Invested in house projects, work, school, or hobbies? Slept and lounged? Free time …
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Good day. Our lives are a lot different than they were a couple weeks ago. A main catalyst for this change is our government, who, working to slow COVID19, has mandated strict restrictions on gathering, traveling, and working. These mandates have affected your church, school, relationships, jobs, and free time. An important question arises – …
Continue reading Devos for A Strange, New World – The Good in Submitting
Everyone’s life has changed drastically in the past few weeks. All schooling is done from home. Most businesses are limited or closing. There is a curfew of 8pm-5am in NJ. And most people are expressing confusion, anxiety, and/or pride. It feels like a strange, new world. How does God expect you to live now? We …
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Mark 1:1 - The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Lesson 1 - Mark 1:1-8 Jesus is none other than the Son of God who has come to live, die, and offer forgiveness to the all who will come to enter his kingdom. Jesus is the Christ. He is the …
Just recently Sprite, a product of Coca-Cola, released an ad in Argentina celebrating LGBTQ teens and the families that support them. In the ad parents, siblings, and grandparents are depicted helping someone in their family get ready for a pride rally. A mother puts make-up on her son. A father drives his son and his …
Speech is truly powerful. It can be used in many arenas, but chief among them is the effective molding of another’s ideals, goals, and values. Speech shapes lives. And this is by God’s design. God himself creates by speaking. He speaks to us and effects change in us by His Word. In fact, it is …
In the book of Lamentations, Jeremiah describes how God’s holiness interacts with Israel’s unfaithfulness. For God, judging Israel is the perfect exercise of His covenant faithfulness. For Israel, receiving God’s judgment for their unfaithfulness is devastating. Jeremiah tries to capture this holy devastation from God in his writings. His hope is to alert Israel to …
Continue reading God’s Arrows, Your Kidneys (A Devotional on Lamentations 3:13)
