“For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. We give great honor to those who endure under suffering.” (James 5:10-11a NLT) This morning in prayer as I do each morning, I lifted my brothers and sisters who are living, suffering, andContinue reading “Another Open Letter”
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When Jesus Is Your Supreme Love
“Jesus replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.” (Matthew 22:37-38 NLT) What does it mean to love anything or anyone? There are people I love very much, but how do you really measure love? Isn’t itContinue reading “When Jesus Is Your Supreme Love”
The Way to Heaven
“Jesus told them, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me.’” (John 14:6 NLT) In response to the disciples’ inquiry as to the “way” to where Jesus was going, He quickly responded that He WAS the way. And just to be clear, Jesus wasContinue reading “The Way to Heaven”
Have You Stepped In?
“They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do.” (2 Corinthians 8:5 NLT) Recently Dr. David Jeremiah, in one of his Turning Point devotionals, wrote: “One day when twelve-year-old David Grant went with his fatherContinue reading “Have You Stepped In?”
God’s Goal
“The Lord isn’t really being slow about His promise, as some people think. No, He is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.” (2 Peter 3:9 NLT) In general terms a goal is an aim or purpose, a desired outcome, but often we enterContinue reading “God’s Goal”
Inoculation or Transformation? (Part 2)
“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes. God decided inContinue reading “Inoculation or Transformation? (Part 2)”
A Good Father
“The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure to have children who are wise.” (Proverbs 23:24 NLT) The best Father allowed His only Son to give His life on a Cross for the sins of mankind. That kind of love is beyond our comprehension. Why would I say that? Because I’veContinue reading “A Good Father”
The Life We Seek
“You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of Your presence and the pleasures of living with You forever.” (Psalm 16:11 NLT) While physical existence begins at conception, true life, as it was always meant to be lived, doesn’t begin until we meet our Creator and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.Continue reading “The Life We Seek”
The Heart of Prayer
I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead. I want to suffer with Him, sharing in His death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!” (Philippians 3:10-11 NLT) While the words above weren’t, in their original context, a prayer, theyContinue reading “The Heart of Prayer”
Extravagant Love
“He gave a mighty shout: ‘Babylon is fallen – that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal. For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality.Continue reading “Extravagant Love”
Walking With Jesus 