In late February I set out for a two week day vacation to New York followed by Israel. It seemed that each step of trip, I got news that would rock my world. It started with the day before I left for New York. Then the night before I was to leave New York,... Continue Reading →
I had planned to mindlessly decompress in front of the television. I sat watching as the actress told her mom that although she realizes it is unreasonable she wished that her life was as important as those her mother worked to save. I was quickly filled with that panicky feeling that sets in as you... Continue Reading →
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19 The body of Christ needs... Continue Reading →
“Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.” Matthew 27:27 The whole battalion, that’s about 600 men based on what I’ve read. I’ve always thought of events leading up to the cross as small and intimate, except the religious crowd. I never... Continue Reading →
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— Galatians 3:13 The first time I read Jonathan Kahn's devotion "God in the Image of Man" it really hit me. "On the 6th day of creation God made man in His... Continue Reading →
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1 GO - As I read this scripture I realized that Abram had to go from where his father had settled. God had told her father to go to Canaan but Terah settled instead.... Continue Reading →
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 When we face the things that we want to resist,... Continue Reading →
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17 Jesus pointed out He came for those who needed the Savior. He came for the sick, the broken, the sinners. He came for... Continue Reading →
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1:18 My mind has a hard time not seeing the prophetic picture of Christ in this passage He washed us white as snow. The devotion I'm reading mentions... Continue Reading →
Song of Solomon 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies. I belong to God and He belongs to me. It can not be out of possession, but out of desire. When I turn my heart completely towards God, it pleases Him. His heart is always towards... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 