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Turn Your Eyes Upon the Cross
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. -1 Corinthians 1:18 It is Holy Week. Christians are turning our eyes, our minds, and our hearts to the cross of Jesus Christ. We would probably rather turn our eyes…
Your Kingdom Come
Jesus said, “Pray like this: Our Father who is in heaven, uphold the holiness of your name. Bring in your kingdom so that your will is done on earth as it’s done in heaven. Give us the bread we need for today. Forgive us for the ways we have wronged you, just as we also…
Let My People Go
Read John 18:-18 here https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18%3A1-18&version=CEB Jesus answered, “I told you, ‘I Am.’ If you are looking for me, then let these people go.” This was so that the word he had spoken might be fulfilled: “I didn’t lose anyone of those whom you gave me.” Reflect “Let these people go.” If you’re a Bible reader,…
We Want to See Jesus
Read: Some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made a request: “Sir, we want to see Jesus.” Philip told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip told Jesus. Jesus replied, “The time has come for the Human One to…
Loving Fully
Read John 13:1-20 here https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13%3A1-20&version=CEB “Before the Festival of Passover, Jesus knew that his time had come to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them fully.” -John 13:1 Reflect: It is clear that the crowds who hoped Jesus would come to the…
Tattoo it On
According to God’s promise, we are waiting for a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. Therefore, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found by him in peace- pure and faultless. . . Grow in the grace and…
Unfailing Love
The Lord proclaims: The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness. As Israel searched for a place of rest, the Lord appeared to them from a distance: I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. And so with unfailing love, I have drawn you to myself. -Jeremiah 31:2,3 The first half of Jeremiah is lots…
Giving Up Indifference
Isn’t this the fast I choose: releasing wicked restraints, untying the ropes of a yoke, setting free the mistreated, and breaking every yoke? -Isaiah 58:6 Giving up something for Lent can be a growth experience of being without something that we usually use to fill an emptiness. This is significant spiritual work. And, it can miss…
Futuring Faith
“I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope. When you call me and come and pray to me, I will listen to you. When you search for me, yes, search for me with all your…
Knee Holding
Read: “Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to them, ‘Do not fear!’” -Isaiah 35:3-4a Reflect: Do you ever talk to yourself? Surely most of us do (please tell me I’m not alone!). Isaiah is giving instructions from God to people who are in exile, waiting for God to act on…