Posts from 2017

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Love makes a difference, affinity doesn’t…

by LD

2 Corinthians 5:14-15–For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Throughout history there have […]

When God Feels Far…

by PH

Do you sometimes feel like God is hiding from you? That, He is nowhere to be found? Or a thought occurs to you that maybe He’s not really there at all? God knows and understand that. Even a godly man like David felt at times that God wasn’t there for him. “Why, O Lord, do […]

How Jesus attracts us

by LD

Matthew 9:10-13-And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard it, he said, […]

Switching Sides

by PH

See if this sounds familiar. King David gets betrayed by his own son at the height of his power. He is dethroned, and sadly and pathetically moves into exile away from his son. This sight is so pathetic that a man curses and throws rocks at him. But his son, Absalom, is not done and […]

Peace That Passes Our Circumstances

by PH

God takes our sin very personally. It’s not as if a child has made a boo boo, but as if His spouse has cheated on Him. In Ezekiel 23, God describes the sins of Israel. And He personifies the nation Israel as a woman married to Him and her sins as committing adultery with multiple […]

Growing in gospel love

by LD

Hebrews 13:1-3-Let brotherly love continue. 2  Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3  Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.   If you think about the foundation of a […]

Peace Now Or Later?

by PH

True peace comes in the midst of chaos; not in lack thereof. We think we will have peace when things settle down, our tomorrows taken care of, we hear a good report from the doctor, etc. But true peace comes from knowing that we are in God’s hands and that He is a good God. “In […]

What we anticipate vs. God’s plan

by LD

Deuteronomy 31:16–And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them. Sometimes our anticipation […]

A Measure of Success

by PH

Who is a great Christian in your mind? Is he wearing a fancy suit with a million dollar smile, standing in front of a megachurch structure, signing his latest books on success? Or is he on a wheelchair, beaten up, maimed, and broken in body but not in spirit? I know you know the answer, […]

Have You Been Betrayed?

by PH

*I’m sorry for not sending you the devotions for the last 9 days. I was on vacation with my family and just came back yesterday… I feel very refreshed. Thank you for praying for us.  I was told that a divorce hurts more than having your spouse die on you. It’s because a divorce usually involves betrayal […]