Devotional Word for Tuesday, June 30, 2020 What did you think about Ananias yesterday when he questioned whether the Lord really wanted him to go pray for Saul/Paul? Was he right to be hesitant? Well, I’ll let you be the judge of that. What you might want to take into
Devotional Word for Monday, June 29, 2020 The Bible is an amazingly specific book. It tells details we didn’t know we needed to know – some, that we still don’t know why we need to know. What can you remember about Paul’s Damascus Road experience? He gets knocked off his
Devotional Word for Friday, June 26, 2020 When I say the names Ananias and Sapphira, does that ring a bell with you? I hope so. They appear in the Bible in only one place: Acts 5:1-11. It’s one small incident, but it is an incident with HUGE implications for the
Devotional Word for Thursday, June 25, 2020 One week ago today while I was brushing my teeth early in the morning my back went out. It was quite painful. I could not walk normally for several days. There was constant pain. Some sitting positions were good, some were not so
Devotional Word for Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Today, June 24th, is a significant day on the Church calendar. But I bet you cannot guess why such should be the case. Let me give you some hints. Six months from today it will be Christmas Eve. We all know Christmas is
Devotional Word for Tuesday, June 23, 2020 I’m still stuck on gold. Why have people down through history agreed to value it so highly? It has none of the features that would make it useful to ancient civilizations: being the most malleable of all metals, it worthless as an arrow
Devotional Word for Monday, June 22, 2020 About a decade ago the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, the professional football team, said he wanted the Eagles to be the gold standard for NFL teams. It generated lots of discussion and, eventually, lots of ridicule because the football team did not
Devotional Word for Friday, June 19, 2020 Are you ready to do some gold mining? That’s what I promised you yesterday, that we would mine some gold from Psalm 119. If one is going to mine gold, then one has to have some hope of finding gold, right? Let’s begin
Devotional Word for Thursday, June 18, 2020 Have you ever thought about how the Bible has changed for you, even as it has changed you, over the years? This morning Pat and I, as part of the texts assigned for our daily devotional schedule, read the first 48 verses of
Devotional Word for Wednesday, June 17, 2020 What is it that allows God’s people to stand with a firm resolve in days of tumult? Like Peter and the apostles did when jailed, beaten, threatened, and ordered to stop talking about Jesus? That’s the question we raised yesterday. I said we
