Posted in Bible, Devotional, Life, tagged Gospel of John, healing, Jesus on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Theology doesn’t matter much to those who observe genuine transformation. In John Chapter 9 Jesus heals a man born blind. His neighbors immediately begin to talk about it.
Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He [...]
Posted in Bible, Devotional, Life, tagged David, God, hope, israel, Psalms, stress, trust on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
There are times when our striving over a thing reaches its proper limits. When this happens we need to know how to quietly trust in the Lord. That unanswered prayer, that stressful situation, that massive uncertainty we have in an area that we feel we ought to understand better - all these may be areas we [...]
Posted in Bible, Devotional, Life, tagged faith, israel, victory on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
When the Lord brought the Israelites over the Jordan and into the Promised Land, He instructed them to set up a memorial. They were to take twelve stones, one for each tribe, from the midst of the Jordan and set them up as a reminder on the side to which they were crossing.
And those twelve [...]
Posted in Bible, Devotional, Life, tagged God, israel, manna, USA on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We normally like to be self-reliant. Our culture here in the USA certainly teaches it. We see it as a virtue, a strength, the only real alternative to laziness or a lack of ambition. There is a point, however, at which the idea of self-reliance becomes self-deception.
Life is fragile. We can’t hold onto it forever without a great [...]
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