Learning more about Jesus while encouraging others.
As a believer, are you close to God, ready to see where He is working and joining Him there? Keeping your faith in focus allows you to be useful in the Church and in the lost world. Love God with your faithful heart. Share the Gospel in your world! Continue reading A Stream & An Almond Branch
Do you feel empty and broken? Are your memories of hurt or failure a constant punch in the gut? Take a look at Rahab’s story. A woman from the wrong side of the tracks, hers is a story of redemption. Her lineage includes a king- David, and the King-Jesus. Continue reading A Smoldering Wick & A Bruised Reed
The answer to the two questions below can be found by clicking the links. These questions came from the April 30th blog post, “The Acceptable Year”. 1- Can you complete the verse below? Hint: This is not “You must be born again.” Jesus said, “No one can come to Me unless…” John 6:44 2- Do … Continue reading How Well Do You Know Your Bible?
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
Getting the Seed out of the basket and into hungry hearts. Matthew 13 