The Prayer of a Righteous Man

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Genesis 18 Matthew 17 Acts 17 Devotional Thoughts In Matt 17:20-21 Jesus gives us an incredible picture of what genuine faith can do. If we have faith, even the size of a mustard seed, you could move a mountain. Jesus said in Matt 13:31-32 that the mustard seed is the smallest of all […]

Properly Motivated

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Matthew 16 Hebrews 12:1-4 1 Cor 15:55-58 Devotional Thoughts How in the world can Jesus say of Peter, “This truth was given to you directly by my Father,” and 3 verses later also say, “These thoughts of yours don’t come from God, but from human nature.” ESV says, “You are not setting your […]

Seeing the Work of God

January 23, 2022

Bible Reading Matthew 15 Psalm 103 Devotional Thoughts In Matt 15:30-31 Matthew reports the very acts that Jesus declared to John’s disciples in Matthew 11:4-6 as proof of who he was. The people recognize the work of God through Jesus, but the religous leaders refuse to believe. In fact in Matt 12:21-32 they attribute his work to […]

Building Relationships by Entering Their World

January 16, 2022

Instruments in the Redeemers Hand Chapter 7 – Building Relationships by Entering Their World Robin and I are reading Instruments in the Redeemers Hand with our daughter and son in-law. It has been a really good book, and we feel like it’s exactly what we need for our ministry among the new church planting missionaries. […]

Ruminate – Declarations of Truth

January 16, 2022

Winning the War In Your Minds – chapter 6Rumination and Renewal Robin and I have been going through the book “Winning the War in Your Minds by Craig Groeschel with our coworkers. It has been a very good, thought provoking study. Each time we meet we each walk away being challenged to be more intentional […]

Heavy Loads Made Light

January 16, 2022

Bible Reading Matthew 11Hebrews 4 Devotional Thoughts: Hebrews 4 describes the rest that is available to believers. On December 14 I talked about this passage and the connection I saw to parenting. The rest of the believer, I believe is related to obedience and staying “inside God’s circle of safety.” Here in Matt 11:27-30 Jesus […]

God’s Family Trait… Persecution

January 16, 2022

Bible Reading Matthew 10 Acts 8 Devotional Thoughts When Jesus said the words in Matthew 10, the Spirit had not yet come, so I have to wonder what the disciples thought about what Jesus said, “The words you will speak will not be yours..” The Spirit did come on people for specific enabling, so I […]

God as the First Parent

January 16, 2022

Bible Reading Genesis 3 Matthew 3 Devotional Thoughts In Genesis 3 we see how God “parents” the first Adam. Here’s a couple observations from Genesis 2-3. He set boundaries / guidelines (do not eat the fruit of the tree) (Gen 2:15-17) He gave specific consequences (You shall die) (Gen 2:17) He punished their disobedience… the […]

God’s Family Resemblance

January 16, 2022

Bible Reading Genesis 1-2 Devotional Thoughts Starting off a new year, Robin and I are starting over in our journey through the Bible. One thing I have become more conscience of in my Bible reading recently has been the references to God being our Father. I have seen many references to how, God as our […]

How to Tell Jesus is in You

January 1, 2022

Bible Reading 1 John 4 Devotional Thoughts How can we tell personally that the life resurrected life of Jesus abides in us? 1 John 4:7 love is from God. Whoever loves has been BORN OF GOD and KNOWS GOD 1 John 4:12 If we love one another GOD ABIDES IN US 1 John 4:15 whoever […]