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Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true” Our Bible verse for today: “Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Shared strength” I know I have referred several times in these devotional messages lately to the recent deaths of my wifeContinue reading “Shared strength”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true” Our Bible verse for today: “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.” Galatians 6:10 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Take care of each other first” I often caution those who areContinue reading “Take care of each other first”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true” Our Bible verse for today: “Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 (CSB) Our thought for today: “We must be strong for each other” In yesterday’s devotional I referred again to the ministry of Nik Ripkin and the books he wrote about strong andContinue reading “We must be strong for each other”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true” Our Bible verse for today: “And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness …” Acts 4:29 (CSB) Our thought for today: “We will have to be bold.” Dr. D.A. Carson once wrote, “Of all the great ironies inContinue reading “We will have to be bold”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true” Our Bible verse for today: “To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Colossians 1:27 (NIV) Our thought for today: “The mystery revealed” Do you faithfully attend and fullyContinue reading “The mystery revealed”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true” Our Bible verse for today: “But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.” 2 Timothy 1:12 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Do we liveContinue reading “Do we live like we believe it?”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Sanctification” Our Bible verse for today: “Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed byContinue reading “Live like it’s true”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Sanctification” Our Bible verse for today: “I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. 1 John 2:14 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Thank God for spiritual mothers and fathers” By the time John wrote the letter of 1 John, he was probably in hisContinue reading “Thank God for spiritual mothers and fathers!”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Sanctification” Our Bible verse for today: “If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, make my joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on purpose.”Continue reading “A little more about those crazy people”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Sanctification” Our Bible verse for today: “These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he named Peter), James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon (the zealot), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayedContinue reading “What an odd cast of characters”