God Made into Flesh
“My father said we are all given something, a gift. What was your gift? Nothing, nothing but the hope of waiting for one.” –The Shepherd One of my most treasured Christmas traditions is watching The Nativity Story, a 2006 biblical drama based on the birth of Jesus. It invites us into Nazareth and takes on […]
Responding to God’s Word
One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him – and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God […]
Salvation in Jesus
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Acts 2:21 As I write this devotion on drawing from the springs of salvation, we are in the season of Advent, anticipating the celebration of Christmas, the birth of Christ. In Isaiah 7:13, Isaiah prophesies to King Ahaz: Hear now, you house […]
Confined to the Moment
As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, walking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. Luke 9:29-31 Jesus took Peter, John, and […]
From Obedience to Love
One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised. So be very careful to love the LORD your God. Joshua 23:10-11 Christ set us free from the law of sin when He died on the cross. This was and is His greatest gift of love […]
Comforting the Contrite
For this is what the high and lofty One says – he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.” Isaiah 57:15 […]
Our Obedience and Faithfulness
Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left. Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve […]
My Soul Sings
“‘Till He Appeared, and the Soul Felt its Worth” -‘O Holy Night I love music, it’s what moves me. I especially love Christmas music, not so much the contemporary renditions of classic carols, but rather the old hymns that fill me with the excitement and anticipation of who’s to come. I attribute my love of […]
Living in the Power of Christ
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in […]
Philip and the Ethiopian
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road – the desert road – that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So, he started out, and on his way, he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of the treasury of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians. Acts […]