Luke 5:27-32?English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Calls Levi 27?After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, ?Follow me.?28?And leaving everything, he rose and followed him. 29?And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company […]
Friday and Saturday after Ash Wednesday, First Sunday in Lent
Editor’s Note: This year for Lent, we’ll combine Friday through Sunday into one posting and post on Friday. We hope this makes it easier to take the devotions with you into your weekend. Friday After Ash Wednesday 2 Corinthians 4:7-12?English Standard Version (ESV) Treasure in Jars of Clay 7?But we have this treasure in jars […]
Friday after Ash Wednesday, Reflections for Lent Series
2 Corinthians 4:7-12?English Standard Version (ESV) Treasure in Jars of Clay 7?But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8?We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9?persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but […]
Living in Truth
I sit with the Lord bringing Him the condition and reality of my soul. I come tired, lonely, and emotionally ?beaten up.? A medical scare has left me fatigued and I am still adjusting to a diagnoses that isn?t life threatening, but will require some life changes. My condition has prevented me from going to […]
Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Reflections for Lent
God of All Comfort? 2 Corinthians 1:3-7, English Standard Version (ESV) 3?Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4?who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort […]
Ash Wednesday, Reflections for Lent Series
Philippians 1:27-30?English Standard Version (ESV) 27?Only let your manner of life be worthy[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, […]
The Costly Pursuit of Power
The church is at present in the midst of the season of Epiphany, which begins on January 6 and extends until the day before Lent. Epiphany means manifestation or appearance. Thus, it is a time to consider the implications of the appearance of Christ, the Son of God, in our world. The first event usually […]
