Stepping out in faith…
There is nothing that I can do to earn the love of Jesus. He already loves me. My actions are in thanksgiving for the love that he has for me. I serve him because he loves me. We find Scripture that supports this in the story of the sinful woman who washes Jesus’ feet with …
Image by Devon Breen from Pixabay What would be a temptation for you after fasting for 40 days and 40 nights? I would be famished! Food would be the first thing on my mind, I feel for sure. But this morning as we looked at the temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4, I saw it …
If you've read the beginning of the new testament, you know it's a lot of "begats". I have to admit that I've been guilty of skipping through the genealogy. But, I've been told, if it's in the Bible, it's there for a reason. Here’s a link to Jon’s sermon if you’d like to listen. That …
Image by Welcome to All ! ツ Love, Harmony & Peace from Pixabay Did you ever think about what kind of a person Joseph was? Mary, the mother of Jesus, was pledged to be married to Joseph. How he handled learning that his wife was with child before they had been together is pretty remarkable. …
Be the spark that lights the flame of hope.
Who are we, those who call ourselves Christians? Sometimes it's hard to tell because that term is used fairly loosely these days. Well obviously, the beginning of the word is self explanatory, Christ. That's Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. The 'ian' means that we belong to Christ. We are of Christ. Who …
I'm learning to trust in his hand on my life.
Yeah, I know. We're all tired of wearing masks, but if there's even a possibility it'll save lives why wouldn't you? But, I don't really want to talk about the masks we wear because of COVID. Today, I'm referring to the masks we all wear when we put on a smile because we don't want …
It's been said that God works in mysterious ways, and I certainly believe this. My devotional this morning took me back to a blog post I recently wrote about keeping your eyes on Jesus. The writer of the devotional said that he believed: ...that experience deepened Peter’s faith and made him willing to take great …
As a Christian, we have a sense of hope about the future. We believe that Jesus will return one day. That's what the gospel teaches us. Having hope in this gives us something to look forward to. Even when the world seems dark and dismal the believer has a hope that there is light at …
