A slave who was freed voluntarily becomes a slave again. Does that make sense to you? I’m having a hard time envisioning that happening in the slaveries of today. Because once you’ve escaped and been rescued from slavery, you don’t want to return. Unless … Pay attention to the words freedom and serve in this Read More
Category: Bible
Jesus Sympathizes With Your Weakness
Have you ever experienced severe pain? Maybe it was physical; maybe it was more emotional? Pain is not just a nuisance or annoyance; it is limiting and exhausting. But, we focus our eyes on Jesus, as He knows your pain and gives you strength to endure it. Today, I want to share encouragement for pain, Read More
From Slavery to a Child of God
When my daughters were little, they loved watching Cinderella. We had other options for them to watch, but the story was captivating to them. Truth be told, it’s captivating to adults too. Unique to America is a love for rags to riches stories. But Cinderella isn’t the first of these stories. Nor the greatest. The Read More
Come to Jesus
Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus speaks to the crowd: 28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 “For My Read More
What Is Repentance?
For my Bible reading, I am in the letter to the Galatian churches. Chapter 1 ends with the churches glorifying God repeatedly. Why? because of one person. Who is this one person? We might guess Jesus, but we would be wrong. I want to answer that question about who to help us understand repentance. That’s Read More
Take Time To Be Holy
Take Time To Be Holy. Speak often with your Lord. Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word. Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone. By looking to Jesus, like Him you will be. Your friends in your conduct His likeness will see. Take time to be Holy. Let Jesus be your guide. Read More
How Great Is Our Salvation – Grace!
During Pastor’s Corner, we’ve been introducing how to know and apply our great salvation, so that each Christian can enjoy depth of worship, motivation for holiness and obedience, joy in walking with Jesus, effective ministry, and boldness for witnessing. Truly, the Christian life is rooted in learning the fundamentals of the Gospel over and over Read More
Avoid Whiplash; Focus on Jesus!
Going through 2020 has been like a roller coaster. But without all the controls and safety equipment. At times, it feels like emotional and mental whiplash, as decisions, guidelines, and opinions are reversed. This is not healthy. We must pay attention to what is happening in our community, nation, and world – but, we must Read More
You Must C This!
Hi everybody! Good to C you! This devotional thought is brought to you by the letter C. See how many words beginning with C you can catch – conviction, convenience, comfort, challenge, courage, counsel. By the way, I’m Chips and I’m called by Christ to serve in a church in California! As I was reading Read More
Learning How To Wait (Psalm 62)
I like my life to neat, simple, and comfortable. But that’s not reality. So, what are we to do when life is messy, complicated, and painful? When there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel? We turn our eyes upward to our great and awesome God and we wait. Yes, we Read More