// archives

Devotion

RSS feed for this section
This category contains 2253 posts

Disclaimer

‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

How To Be Happy

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

THE WAY TO BE HAPPY A few years ago, a six-year-old boy from Oregon suffered burns over 85% of his body. His condition was so severe that several doctors gave up and one hospital would not admit him because they thought he would die anyway. Daily prayer began. . . His life was saved, however, […]

Coping With Disappointment

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

COPING WITH DISAPPOINTMENT (A Talk to Seniors) Text: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 LOOKING BACK AT OUR OWN DISAPPOINTMENTS # Olympics – made us wish we had worked harder at a particular sport # Maybe we had dreams of achieving a certain profession and never made it # Perhaps you dreamt of children and grandchildren but Mr […]

A Desert May Be Good For You (1)

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-166 From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness… Mark 1:4. John lived in the desert between the centre of Judea and the Dead Sea. It’s one of the most terrible deserts in the […]

Worship: Lift Up Your Hearts

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-220 LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High. Psalm 92:1. Christian worship services usually begin with a Call […]

Let Right Be Done

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

August 11 Friday LET RIGHT BE DONE Read: Micah 6:1-8 What does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God! -Micah 6:8 An engaging family film, The Wisdom Boy, tells the story of a 13-year-old who is accused of stealing and is expelled from […]

Call Of God

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

DAILY ENCOUNTER ~ Monday, August 28/00 [1] THE BAFFLING CALL OF GOD “Then [King] Agrippa said unto Paul, ‘Almost you persuade me to be a Christian'” (Acts 26:28). “The call of God,” said Oswald Chambers, “is like the call of the sea to the sailor. Only he who has the nature of the sea within […]

Worship Is All Of Life

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-185 WORSHIP IS ALL OF LIFE From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? Psalm 116:12. Worship is the appropriate response to the God who gives everything life, […]

Phonies

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

===================================== DAILY ENCOUNTER ~ Tuesday, August 29/00 ===================================== by Dick Innes ~ ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org Partnering with NCF Ministries: http://www.ncfliving.org Like Daily Encounter? Please forward it to a friend! 13,042 subscribers from around the world. http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm A Family Moment Online Bookstore … many discounted books, gifts, etc. Purchases help support “Daily Encounter” http://www.actsweb.org/bookstore.htm [1] WATCH […]

To Simply Ponder…

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

*****THERE IS NO NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS… …JUST PONDER WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME***** DT: Just after sunrise…Tuesday…September 19, 2000 FR: Wes RE: Reflect with me… Good morning… This household is just beginning to stir today. Yesterday had some very burdensome moments. But in the many paradoxes of living with a wild and wonderful […]

True Beauty

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

DAILY ENCOUNTER ~ Friday, September 01/00 by Dick Innes ~ ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org Partnering with NCF Ministries: http://www.ncfliving.org Like Daily Encounter? Please forward it to a friend! 13,085 subscribers from around the world. http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm A Family Moment Online Bookstore … many discounted books, gifts, etc. Purchases help support Daily Encounter. http://www.actsweb.org/bookstore.htm [1] GIVE ME A […]

« Previous — Next »