PRAY FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CHURCHES AND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS MARCH 2024 – Prayer Focus Update is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information, and for inclusion in church magazines. It is … More Pray for the Persecuted Church – March 2024
In our main text for today, we have Jesus following up on His response to Nicodemus in v.3. I can imagine Nicodemus looking at Jesus, remember he had just acknowledged/exalted Him as a great teacher (Rabbi), with a confused (human) intellect. Jesus completely disregards Nicodemus’s salutation and immediately addresses the “heart” of the matter. Nicodemus … More Devotional Thought – “Born Again” – 03/06/2024
How many times have we heard someone say Christianity Is Not a Religion, It’s a Relationship. Is there evidence to back that statement up? Why would Christianity not be considered a religion? I attended a men’s retreat this past weekend and one of the guest speakers and I were discussing cliches or maxims and this … More Devotional Thought -“Maxims” – 03/04/2024
2 Peter 3 2 Peter 3:9 . Some may ask, if God wishes none to perish, why do so many perish? To this I answer that no mention is made here of the hidden purpose of God, according to which the reprobate are doomed to their own ruin, but only of God’s will made known … More Friday’s Feature Quote and Devotional – “But all” -02/29/2024
If you are old enough to remember black and white televisions you may recall the contrast knob on many sets. It was there to help us see the picture clearer. When thinking about God, I always want to see the clearest picture. Yet, I usually do not put His “Glory” and His “Wrath” in the … More Devotional Thought “Contrast” – 02/28/2024
What Does Genesis 1:1 Have to Do with John 3:16? CONTEXT . DEVOTIONAL There is no such thing as a “gay Christian” or an “LGBTQIA+ Christian” or any other reality-denying-hyphenated Christian. You cannot deny the Creator and his creation and have his salvation at the same time. Read Article RELATED Why Study the Old Testament?
Prayer. The activity of bringing all our desires and thanksgiving to God with full humility and submission to his will, confident that God will hear and respond. Understood in this way, prayer is directed to God through Christ and by the Spirit, rather than through confession to priests or prayers to *saints. There is a … More Friday’s Feature Quote and Devotional- “Prayer” – 02-23/2024
In movies today, a “prepper” is seen as someone who is stockpiling for the coming zombie apocalypse. While I know nothing about zombies, I do know the Bible is very specific about prepping. Jesus in Matthew 25 lays out the case for prepping for His return as does Peter in our main text today. 2 … More Devotional Thought – “Preppers” – 02/22/2024
“Lord, help me to glorify thee; I am poor, help me to glorify thee by contentment; I am sick, help me to give thee honour by patience; I have talents, help me to extol thee by spending them for thee; I have time, Lord, help me to redeem it, that I may serve thee; I … More Friday Feature Quote – “Glory” – 02/16/2024
The best defense is a good offense is an oft-heard quote in military circles that originated or at least is attributed to Jack Dempsey the prizefighter from the 1910s – 1920s. While this sounds good, the fact remains that sometimes offenses stall and other times there is a need for strong defensive fortifications. In the … More Saturday’s Soldiers Devotional – “Best Defense” – 02/10/2024
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