Getting the Seed out of the basket and into hungry hearts. Matthew 13
Learning more about Jesus while encouraging others.
Can you imagine living in a prison cell with the door open and all of the guards have deserted the place? You are hungry and lonely but too afraid to venture out to find freedom. Who would do that? Unfortunately, many choose that life instead of freedom in Jesus.
Share the Gospel in your world. Continue reading The Cage
Jesu Juva Mark 10: 26 “They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?” * “Make the Book live to me O Lord. Show me Thyself within Thy Word. Show me myself. And show me my Savior. And make the Book live to me.” R. Hudson Pope, Ca. 1944 As most of … Continue reading The Acceptable Year
Jesu Juva 1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit. Have you ever had something just nagging at you, but you couldn’t put your finger on it? You … Continue reading Gratia
Did you know there are two judgments? Today’s devotional is about the Rapture. Jesus will call us by name, and we will go to stand at the judgment seat of Christ. What an exciting time for those who have walked with Jesus! Continue reading The Big Day!
Jesu Juva Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,[a] 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Even though we know that God is Spirit, haven’t you ever developed your own image of Him? Abstract reasoning is an oxymoron to most people. We want at … Continue reading Portrait of God
Jesu Juva Matthew 13:13 Jesus said, “For they look, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.” WEB The harshness of the Gospel is kind. The Gospel warns lost people that separation from God is real. It is the price paid for rejecting Christs’ Gift of redemption. Do you … Continue reading Rocks, Brambles or Life
Jesu Juva 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. NASB Long ago, He blessed the earthBorn older than the yearsAnd in the stall the cross He sawThrough the first of many tears A life of homeless wanderingCast out … Continue reading Simply: A Recollection from Seed Basket Devotional
Jesu Juva! Hebrew 12:28-29 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire. ESV Jesus has been crucified. Friday, arguably the longest day in the life of everyone who loved Jesus, is over. Saturday morning … Continue reading Unshakeable
Here is a recollection from last Easter. This Easter remember what Jesus did for you and me. Jesu Juva Mark 15:17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. We are almost at the end of our month-long tribute to our Jesus and His … Continue reading Thorns for a King
How does an Old Testament king connect to Resurrection Sunday? Just to add another layer to the devotional, Moses even shows up in this celebration of our Savior. Be sure to read the passages. And share the Easter story with people in your world. Continue reading Josiah
Getting the Seed out of the basket and into hungry hearts. Matthew 13 