by assistant | Aug 26, 2024 | Devotional
I’ve just begun a personal devotional that goes through the book of Matthew. This past week I started with the first chapter, which covers the lineage of Jesus. One doesn’t always enjoy reading a list of genealogical records, but I truly became intrigued by the...
by assistant | Aug 19, 2024 | Devotional
Acts 15:36 After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing.” 37 Barnabas agreed and wanted to take along John Mark. 38 But Paul disagreed strongly,...
by assistant | Aug 12, 2024 | Devotional
Jeremiah 29: (NIV) 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. I used this verse before in a recent Reflection, but it truly best describes my encounter two weeks ago. So,...
by assistant | Aug 5, 2024 | Devotional
Mark 12: 41-44 (NIV) 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth...
by assistant | Jul 29, 2024 | Devotional
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. – Romans 12:12 Hope is defined in the Oxford Languages dictionary as “a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen”. That feeling of expectation can most certainly bring joy as we...
by assistant | Jul 22, 2024 | Devotional
Psalm 103:15-16 “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.” Last week I wrote about the joy of sitting out on our beach deck listening to the sounds of...
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