Verse: Matthew 20:11-12 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.” Devotional Thoughts: “Really? It went to him??” That was my Read more…
Verse: Ephesians 2:19 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Devotional Thoughts: So I received a proper scolding this past Sunday at church. Apparently some of you didn’t appreciate that I failed to mention how the Read more…
Verse: Acts 1:8 8“…you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Devotional Thoughts: I remember during my senior football season, we were playing JCS. It was a huge rivalry, and the game was coming down to the wire. JCS was primarily Read more…
Verse: Luke 14:21-22 21…Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22 And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there Read more…
Verse: John 13:34 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Devotional Thoughts: On Monday, the Children’s Ministry took a trip to the Venture River Waterpark. It ended up being a great day to go – Read more…
Verse: James 4:14 What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Devotional Thoughts: If you read my article from last week, you’ll remember that I wrote about the importance of time. This article is something of a “Part Two” of that Read more…
Psalm 39:4 4 O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Ben Franklin, along with several of the other founding fathers, has always been an intriguing character to me. Most people know him as the “guy who flew Read more…
Matthew 22:37-39 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Summer is here! I know the summer Read more…
Verse: Judges 6:11-12, 14-16 11 Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O Read more…
Verse: Matthew 26:51-54, 56 51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by Read more…