December 1, 2008 “She said, “I swear, as surely as your God lives, I don’t have so much as a biscuit. I have a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a bottle; you found me scratching together just enough firewood to make one last meal for my son and me. [...]
Archive for November, 2008
28 Nov
November 28, 2008 “But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life! Jude 20-21 [...]
27 Nov
November 27, 2008 “I paid a huge price for you: all of Egypt, with rich Cush and Seba thrown in! That’s how much you mean to me!… Isaiah 43:4 The Message Are you Thanks … Giving? Jesus never compares you to anyone else. He never condemns you for all the things you’ve done in your life. [...]
25 Nov
November 26, 2008 “Love means following his commandments, and his unifying commandment is that you conduct your lives in love. This is the first thing you heard, and nothing has changed.” 2 John 6 The Message What is changing your life today…? There are endless offers of life-changing promises awaiting you today. You can ingest [...]
25 Nov
November 25, 2008 “This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has the life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life.” 1 John 5:11-12 The Message Where do you find life…? You can look for life in a lot of places: sex [...]
24 Nov
November 24, 2008 “Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:2 The Message What if…? … You loved others not to get anything, but to give yourself completely [...]
21 Nov
November 21, 2008 “He told us to love each other, in line with the original command. As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.” 1 John 3:23-24 [...]
19 Nov
November 20, 2008 “For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes–the Jew first and also the Gentile.” Romans 1:16 NLT What is the Gospel…? You were saved by it. You are being saved through it. You have been sealed as [...]
19 Nov
November 19, 2008 “But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7 NLT Are you living in the gift and the promise…? Fellowship: it is a simple gift. Shared [...]
18 Nov
November 18, 2008 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the wilderness and speak kindly to her.” Hosea 2:14 NASB The gift of God’s kindness… (2) Everyone has a wilderness place in their life. It is “that” place where you begin to hear God’s kindness speaking into the deepest and sometimes darkest places [...]
