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He’s Still Risen! – part 1 of 4

Here’s an idea: don’t watch news, television, etc. WATCH this video! And read my devotion below. Have a blessed day! He is RISEN! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Did you know that Jesus’ resurrection is not the only resurrection reported in the Gospels, and it wasn’t the first either? Why? What does the Lord want us to learn from that? Each of…

The Cost of the Cross, part 3

Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his…

The Cost of the Cross, part 2

Psalm 22:1-8 For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David. 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me,   so far from my cries of anguish? 2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,   by night, but I find…

The Cost of the Cross, part 1

Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. 17 I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. 18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; 19 but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. 20 Praise be…

To Those Who Are Scattered

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 1 Peter 1:1-2 (NKJV) Do you feel like an exile? Hasn’t COVID-19 scattered us…

In Harmony

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. 5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one…

Blessed Communion

These days, with us under a Stay-At-Home order in place through April, some are concerned about not having Communion—the Lord’s Supper. I can understand this concern. The word “communion”, in the New Testament Greek, means . Even though this is not possible at this time—to celebrate Communion as we are in the habit of doing—your faith needn’t suffer. Communion itself is based…

Under Construction!

Now you who are not Jewish are not foreigners or strangers any longer, but are citizens together with God’s holy people. You belong to God’s family. 20 You are like a building that was built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the most important stone in that building, 21 and that whole building is joined together in Christ.…

Staying at Home Purposefully

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 11 Here is…

A Hopeful Word

The coronavirus pandemic has turned the whole world upside down in a matter of months, hasn’t it? It’s amazing that something you can’t see can have such a profound effect on everything you see. My sincere hope is that God would use this unsettling time to draw your heart closer to Him. With that in mind, I’ve created a free printable using…