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The following devotional is the fourth in a short series focusing on Daniel 3: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. "Then Nebuchadnezzar said, 'Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants!...
The following devotional is the third one in a short series inspired by Melo, our beloved but departed, Parrotlet. "'The Lord will judge his people.' It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." (Heb 10:30-31) For those of you who have been...
This is the 4th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from a little-known judge of Israel, Ibzen of Bethlehem . . . "After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel. He had thirty sons and...
John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” The Iraqi war weighs heavy on my heart. All those poor soldiers! The poor people of Bagdad! I rejoice though for the many who have accepted Jesus in their life...
"Jesus answered, 'I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" (John 14:6-7) If you have ever experienced the loss of a family pet, you will understand, at least in part, what my family went through when we lost two baby...
Like any good, law-abiding citizen, I always do my best to follow the traffic laws. As a result, I haven't received a traffic ticket in -- let's say -- 15 years? And that last ticket was actually for an accident -- one that wasn't even my fault -- not for a...
"Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow." (Ps 51:7) My Sheltie is mad at me! She came in tonight stinking to high heaven. I have no idea what she had been rolling in, as it's all snow and ice outside right now, but...
"But thanks be to God! For through what Christ has done, He has triumphed over us so that now wherever we go, He uses us to tell others about the Lord and to spread the Gospel like a sweet perfume. As far as God is concerned there is a sweet wholesome fragrance in our...
"Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarrelling among you,...
A spider weaves a beautifully intricate, yet practical web. Although beautiful in design, a spider's web is intended for one use: to capture the spider's food while enduring the elements - rain, wind, or snow. Often, a spider's web is best seen...
Exod 4:12: "Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." (NIV) Luke 12:12: "for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say." (NIV) If ever there were two verses that spoke so definitively of the fact that Yeshua/Jesus is the God...
It had been snowing all day and all night -- Blowing snow, that light, fine, powdery stuff that traveled where every breath of a air took it. There was probably a foot or so accumulated on the deck, burying the dog's chain -- and anything else that had...
How can you know if you're being led by the Spirit or the flesh? Very simple: Look at your behavior. If you respond to a given situation by exercising, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, you are following the...