Author: David and Robin Watters

03-What’s the Point?

03-What’s the Point?

The Preface: Have you ever wondered why in the world God gave so much detail to the genealogies in scripture. I mean really, how many of you enjoy reading through places like numbers and Leviticus where it’s chapter after chapter of “so and so begat so and so and had sons and daughters, etc etc?” […]
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02-John 1:1-18 God’s Word Sent Forth

02-John 1:1-18 God’s Word Sent Forth

Lesson 02 – God’s Word Sent Forth The Preface: Have you ever sent a message via someone else only to have the message totally botched, and not received accurately? Have you ever felt that if you want your message to be heard and understood then you better deliver it yourself? All through the Old Testament […]
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01-Luke 1:1-4 God’s Tailored Message

01-Luke 1:1-4 God’s Tailored Message

Lesson 01 – God Has a Tailored Message for Me Today The Preface: In our work, we see the incredible value of having God’s Word written down and available as a tool for discipleship and growth in the church and in believer’s lives. it’s amazing to watch when our missionaries introduce written words to people […]
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Introduction to Life of Christ Study

Introduction to Life of Christ Study

Reading: Devotional Thoughts: As we start a new year, I have determined to actually finish the Life of Christ study I have started and stopped so many times through the years. I was really challenged by Miles Stanford’s devotional “Only Jesus” on Christmas Eve. I shared some of these thoughts in my devo with my […]
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The Fruitfulness of Dying

The Fruitfulness of Dying

Reading for the day Devotional Thoughts I am beginning to see that idolatry is a much bigger issue in my life than I ever imagined. In the past week, as I have read and written, the subject has come up a couple times. But I’m am beginning to see that almost every sin in my […]
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Greater Power

Greater Power

Bible Reading Devotional Thoughts I love the connection between the story of Hezekiah in 2 Chron 32:7-8 and Jesus prayer in John 17:15-17. In 2 Chron 32 Hezekiah was facing a huge army that had conquered several other nations (2 Chron 32:14). The king was cocky and proud. He was telling the people of Judah […]
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Lessons In Faith from Christmas

Lessons In Faith from Christmas

Continuing our study of people of faith Review: Definition of Faith: Faith is believing what God has said in the past (and the promises he has fulfilled), and looking to the future, believing he will do the same in the future with the things he has promised. Last week, we also talked about how we […]
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Transformed by Beholding

Transformed by Beholding

Bible Reading Devotional Thoughts: We learn best when we do something with the information we are given. There is a place for classroom teaching, and for Sunday morning preaching. But the lesson that stick the most are ones that involved hearing, feeling, doing… and ultimately having to teach it ourselves. In John 13:14-15 we see […]
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Occupied With Christ

Occupied With Christ

Bible Reading Devotional Thoughts “To be occupied with Christ…” Miles Stanford uses that phrase often in his writings. Here’s a few notable quotes from his devotional “None But the Hungry Heart.” 4-18 “To be occupied with self is to be defeated and to have failure and live in sin; but to be occupied with the […]
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My Functional Gods

My Functional Gods

Elyse Fitzpatrick: Idols of the Heart; Chapter 10 Resisting Your Idols What Are You Tempted to Worship? Satan is successful in tempting us to sin because we have idolatrous thoughts and desires. That’s why it’s so important to become aware of them. Remember that fear of loss and imaginations of pleasure spring from our idolatrous […]
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