He had gone too far this time. As if all the lies, deceit, and swindling of money from family and friends were not enough, this time Bill had burglarized our parents’ house. My brother had brazenly stolen anything of pawnshop value, leaving behind a trail of fingerprints and one key piece of evidence: unforced entry […]
Listen to Him
Scripture: They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. You are doing the works […]
The Truth Will Set You Free
Scripture: So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, […]
Daily Focus: Path to Restoration
December 9, 2021 Scripture: And David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-Uzzah to this day. And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” And it was told King David, “The LORD has blessed […]
Daily Focus: Fruitful Abiding
December 8, 2021 Scripture: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. John 15:4 ESV Observation: The Greek verb for abiding (menein) appears forty times in the Gospel of John and twenty-six times in his epistles. […]
Daily Focus: Death Has No Grip On Us
December 7, 2021 Scripture: When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory. O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?” The sting of Death is sin, and the power of sin is […]
Daily Focus: I Am What I Am
December 6, 2021 Scripture: For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it […]
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