Category: The WORD for the Day

Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 6-7 Psalm 89 Revelation 4 Devotional Thoughts Why does God have to command his people to love him? What would a marriage or a friendship be like if we were commanded to love the other person? Actually, in a marriage, we ARE commanded to love each other. And, we are also commanded […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bible Reading 1 John 3 Hebrews 12 Devotional Thoughts: During the first week of orientation we will look at what God wants us to be hungry for. We should be hungry for Christ to been seen, heard, known and loved through what people witness from our lives. This is true in our lives, and it […]

Bible Reading Nehemiah 9 1 John 2 Devotional Thoughts God’s love and mercy is so incredible. Reading Nehemiah 9 is such a great reminder of how gracious our God is. The people of Israel were so stubborn. Even though God was merciful to them over and over, they still pursued their own desires over obeying […]