January 22/23
From Alienation to Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Separation, rejection, and alienation are unpleasant experiences that we usually try to avoid at all costs. But we live in a fallen world, so we cannot totally escape them.
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Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who ar
7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water
January 21, 2011
Return the Call
Karen Ehman
"Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer."
Psalm 4:1 (NIV)
Devotion:
"Ughhh!" I sighed as the telephone rang that morni
January 21
Evangelism: Every Believer's Calling
Acts 1:6-8
One Sunday, a man approached me between services to share his story. He'd been addicted to drugs and was leading a hopeless life when he heard a Scripture verse in a sermon. He said that
Come on In!
Sharon Jaynes
Today's Truth
Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28, NIV).
Friend To Friend
I recall as a young child, rocking on my grandma
With Heart Headed Home
by Max Lucado
Search the faces of the Cap Haitian orphanage for Carinette. She's been adopted.
Her adoptive parents are friends of mine. They brought her pictures, a teddy bear, granola bars, and cookies. Carinette shared th
Recently, I’ve been reading through the book of Genesis with my daughter, Hannah. I’ve been trying to read the book through my daughter’s eyes. Since she is eight (and a girl), it’s a bit of stretch for me. Recently, we read about Joseph, the son of
Worthy Promises
Hebrews 6:12-18
We may believe that a Power greater than ourselves can restore our sanity, but still wonder how long it's going to take. Over time, we may grow discouraged at the length of the process. We may have our spirits dampen
Abraham's Prayer for Sodom
(Genesis 18:20-33 NIV )
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If n
Paul's Prayer For The Ephesians
(Ephesians 3:14-20 NIV)
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through
Jesus Intercedes for His Followers
(John 17:6-26 NIV)
"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from yo
Daniel's Prayer,
(Daniel 9:4-19 NIV )
4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed:
"O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, 5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked
Ezra's Prayer,
(Ezra 9:6-15 NIV )
"O my God, I am too ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens. 7 From the days of our forefathers until now, our gu
From Worship Leader to Mayor, Woman Follows God's Voice
by Teresa Neumann : Jan 20, 2011 : Polly House - Baptist Press News
"I told God I wasn't even sure I wanted to be mayor, with politics being what it is and all. But then God let me know He was
Jesus healed a woman with an issue of blood in the Bible,- Why won't He heal me?
In Luke's gospel we read one account of the woman with an issue of blood. Luke 8:43-48 says, "And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, b
