Devotion
Climbing Higher
Read: 1 Peter 5:5-11 The devil walks about like a roaring lion… Resist him, steadfast in the faith. -1 Peter 5:8-9 Pastor Dale Kurtz laughed so hard that his sides ached. He was watching a frustrated squirrel trying to climb the metal pole supporting a bird feeder. The squirrel repeatedly got part way up, then […]
Lend Me Your Hope
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13). Lend me your hope for awhile, I seem to have mislaid mine. Lost and hopeless feelings accompany me daily, pain and confusion are my companions. […]
Christmas Poem
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through our house Not a creature was sleeping, not even my spouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with screws, If you can’t find the nails what else do you use? The children were restless, awake in their beds, While visions of spanking them danced in our […]
Don’t Forget Me, Lord!
Read: Psalm 13 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? -Psalm 13:1 Do you ever wonder if the Lord has forgotten you? Does it seem as if He’s not paying as much attention to you as He once did? If so, remember that appearances can be deceiving. Regardless of how it looks right […]
Seeing With Hope
Read: Romans 4:13-35 God…gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did. -Romans 4:17 Her eyes saw the leafless trees in winter, but because her mind was clouded by Alzheimer’s disease she thought the trees were dead. “Someone should cut down those trees,” she would repeat day […]
“To Be Clean Is To Be One”
Read: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 When you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. -1 Cor. 11:18 In Makhachkala, a city in southern Russia, 14 new believers and some missionaries gathered in a small apartment to celebrate the Lord’s Supper. The room was charged with spiritual energy and joy as […]
Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer
I ain’t much good at prayin’, and You may not know me, Lord–I ain’t much seen in churches where they preach Thy Holy Word,But You may have observed me out here on the lonely plains,A-lookin’ after cattle, feelin’ thankful when it rains,Admirin’ Thy great handiwork, the miracle of grass,Aware of Thy kind Spirit in the […]
Sin And Confession
My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous (1 John 2:1). People who are caught in the sin-confess-sin-confess-sin-confess cycle eventually begin to lose hope that they can experience any real victory over sin. […]
Remembering To Forget
Read: 1 Corinthians 13 [Love] thinks no evil. -1 Corinthians 13:5 When people hurt us and then apologize, we may say that we forgive them. But like a dog that won’t give up its bone, we may let our mind continue to chew on past insults. In 1 Corinthians 13:5, Paul declared that love “thinks […]
We Need One Another
Read: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 The manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. -1 Corinthians 12:7 The Peterson ranch in Wyoming is framed by mile after mile of fencing. Not only is the entire spread fenced in. Clyde Peterson has it sub-divided with barbed-wire so he can move the […]
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