Author: David and Robin Watters

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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The Battle is the Lord’s

The Battle is the Lord’s

Bible Reading Devotional Thoughts As I meditate on the story of Jehoshaphat and the battle the Lord fought for him story and think about what truth God’s wants me to declare today, I am reminded that we are in a spiritual battle. As we work with these new church planting missionaries, the enemy would love […]
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Mary, a Woman of Faith

Mary, a Woman of Faith

Christmas 2022Review – 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. Every culture and group of people think they are the center of the universe. When we […]
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Don’t Miss Out

Don’t Miss Out

Bible Reading Devotional Thoughts I have to be honest, I have been struggling with trusting God for finances. I still believe the truth in 2 Corinthians 9:8-11 where Paul said, “God will generously provide all you need… God provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide […]
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My “righteousness” or God’s

My “righteousness” or God’s

Bible Reading: Devotional Thoughts: We act upon the things we are convinced of. Right or wrong, once we have convinced ourselves something is the right thing to do, that’s what we do! Why is the right thing to do? Because that’s what we think will make us happy. If you don’t think this is true, […]
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Living for a Greater Reward

Living for a Greater Reward

Bible Reading Devotional Thoughts Jude 1:3a Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. How often do I rejoice in that? How often do I write about rejoicing in our salvation? In 1 John, that was a big part of God’s love motivating us. Because we […]
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<strong>Treading on High Places</strong>

Treading on High Places

Hab 3:17-19 (17) Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, (18)yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy […]
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