Have you heard of Mikeschair? It’s a band who has a song out entitled: Let The Waters Rise. My wife turned me on to this song and ever since I listened to it I can’t get it out of my mind.
There are those times in life that just baffle us, when everything is so confusing [...]
Read Luke 8:1-15:
1 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 Joanna [...]
How do you answer this one important question: What’s your name?
It’s is deeper than it sounds. I’m not asking for your name as we normally think name, like “Hi, my name is Lee.” No. What’s your name?
What is your identity?
What are your living for?
What is your purpose in life?
When you wake up in the morning, what’s the [...]
I want to make something clear.
Like the majority of Americans, I too believe there is a God.
I have also taken a step of faith to believe that the Jewish/Christian bible is from God.
In the bible I have found many truths about who God is, what he has done, and what he expects of me.
Those beliefs are the [...]
“Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.’” (Mark 12:43-44)
I am convinced that the story we find [...]
Day 30—1 Peter 1:3-5
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept [...]
Day 29—Colossians 2:6-15
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which [...]
Day 28—1 Peter 3:18-22
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 In that state he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long [...]
Day 27—Ephesians 4:17-24
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to [...]
Day 26—Ephesians 2:1-10
1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us [...]
Day 25—Titus 3:1-8
1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all [...]
Day 24—2 Corinthians 1:18-24
18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” 20 For no [...]
Day 23—1 Corinthians 1:4-9
4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— 6 God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack [...]
Day 22—Acts 16:13-15, 25-34
[Baptism of Lydia and her household—Acts 16:13-15]
13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was a woman from the [...]
Day 21—Acts 10:30-48
30 Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me 31 and said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. 32 Send to Joppa for Simon who is [...]