Devotional Passages for the Week of December 26-Jan 2

Monday:  Zechariah 9:1-17, Revelation 17:1-18, Psalm 145:1-21, Proverbs 30:32

Tuesday:  Zechariah 10:1-11:17, Revelation 18:1-24, Psalm 146:1-10, Proverbs 30:33


Wednesday: Zechariah 12:1-13:9, Revelation 19:1-21, Psalm 147:1-20, Proverbs 31:1-7

Devotional Passages for the Week of Dec. 18-25

Sunday: Habakkuk 1:1-3:19, Revelation 9:1-21, Psalm 137:1-9, Proverbs 30:10

Monday: Zephaniah 1:1-3:20, Revelation 10:1-11, Psalm 138:1-8, Proverbs 30:11-14

Tuesday: Haggai 1:1-2:23, Revelation 11:1-19, Psalm 139:1-24, Proverbs 30:15-16

What the Locusts Have Eaten

I have had a number of recent conversations with people whose lives have been ravaged by sinful addictions, vices, and immoral decisions.  All of them have struggled deeply with their faith in the midst of their trials.  Some have pushed God to the margins.  In reading through the book of Joel, we find an event that is descriptive of my friends' experiences.  They feel as if wave after wave of difficulty have come upon them, robbing them of life.

Devotional Passages for the Week of Dec. 11-18

Sunday: Amos 4:1-6:14, Revelation 2:18-3:6, Psalm 130:1-8, Proverbs 29:21-22

Monday: Amos 7:1-9:15, Revelation 3:7-22, Psalm 131:1-3, Proverbs 29:23

Tuesday: Obadiah 1:1-21, Revelation 4:1-11, Psalm 132:1-18, Proverbs 29:24-25

Repentance: A 180 degree Turn

                                                                   Is God at work in you?
"'I have sinned.'  The surest sign that God is at work is when a man says that and means it."
            -Oswald Chambers from My Utmost for His Highest (December 7th)

I was struck by this quote this week.  It got me thinking about how easy I am on myself.  It's so easy for me to not take my sin seriously or many times to not even be aware of my sin and how it offends God.  Every Sunday at our church, there is a time for confession.  Our worship service begins with this act of humility.  I've been convicted lately of the need in my personal time with God to be more pro-active in rooting out the sin of my life and understanding the depths of my sin.  I should then regularly confess my sins before God.  Perhaps you would react to this saying, "Don't be so morbid. Why would I want to dwell on my sin?"  The answer to that question is...

Relive Summer Life Night at Lake Gloria

Devotional Passages for the Week of Dec. 4-11

Sunday: Daniel 11:36-12:13, 1 John 4:1-21, Psalm 123:1-4, Proverbs 29:2-4

Monday: Hosea 1:1-3:5, 1 John 5:1-21, Psalm 124:1-8, Proverbs 29:5-8

Tuesday: Hosea 4:1-5:15, 2 John 1:1-13, Psalm 125:1-5, Proverbs 29:9-11

Relive Summer Life Night at the Que

Relive Summer Life Night at Lake Gloria

Relive Summer Life Night at the Que

Whose clock do you go by?

As humans, we are obedient to time.  We can do nothing to change it, stop it, or manipulate it. Every day I wake up and wish I could turn the clocks back and allow myself a few more hours to sleep.  And every day, time continues to plunge forward not seeming to care about my sleeping patterns.  I drag myself to the coffeepot grumbling because my sleep is at the mercy of the ticking clock on the wall. Yet isn’t it amazing that we serve a God who is not restricted by time? The one who is the Creator of time?

Devotional Passages for the Week of Nov. 27- Dec. 4

Sunday: Daniel 4:1-37, 2 Peter 1:1-21, Psalm 119:97-112, Proverbs 28:17-18

Monday: Daniel 5:1-31, 2 Peter 2:1-22, Psalm 119:113-128, Proverbs 28:19-20

Tuesday: Daniel 6:1-28, 2 Peter 3:1-18, Psalm 119:129-152, Proverbs 28:21-22

Wednesday: Daniel 7:1-28, 1 John 1:1-10, Psalm 119:153-176, Proverbs 28:23-24

Thursday: Daniel 8:1-27, 1 John 2:1-17, Psalm 120:1-7, Proverbs 28:25-26

Friday: Daniel 9:1-11:1, 1 John 2:18-3:6, Psalm 121:1-8, Proverbs 28:27-28

Saturday: Daniel 11:2-35, 1 John 3:7-24, Psalm 122:1-9, Proverbs 29:1

Sunday: Daniel 11:36-12:13, 1 John 4:1-21, Psalm 123:1-4, Proverbs 29:2-4

Are you aware of just how much you will inherit?

I have a confession to make.  Last night my wife and her sister were watching a girly movie.  I was reading in the next room over, but falling asleep in the process.  So I made my way over to the tv room sat next to my wife figuring I'd fall asleep.  Nope!  Yes, I watched it...well... the end of it.  It was called "The Inheritance".  The storyline is about a servant girl, Edith, who is blessed to have masters, the Hamilton's, who treat her like one of the family, better than she deserves.  Edith had been a maidservant's daughter of Mr. Hamilton's deceased brother.  In his kindness Mr. Hamilton had chosen to take her into his own home. The climax of the story involves Mr. Hamilton's death and Edith being wrongly accused of stealing from the family.  When all seems lost we find out...

Devotional Passages for the Week of November 21-28

Monday: Ezekiel 42:1-43:27, James 5:1-20, Psalm 119:1-16, Proverbs 28:6-7

Tuesday: Ezekiel 44:1-45:12, 1 Peter 1:1-12, Psalm 119:17-32, Proverbs 28:8-10

Wednesday: Ezekiel 45:13-46:24, 1 Peter 1:13-2:10, Psalm 119:33-48, Proverbs 28:11

Relive Summer Life Night at Lake Gloria

Relive Summer Life Night at Lake Gloria

Devotional Passages for the Week of Nov. 13-20

Sunday: Ezekiel 27:1-28:26, Hebrews 11:17-31, Psalm 111:1-10, Proverbs 27:15-16

Monday: Ezekiel 29:1-30:26, Hebrews 11:32-12:13, Psalm 112:1-10, Proverbs 27:17

Tuesday: Ezekiel 31:1-32:32, Hebrews 12:14-29, Psalm 113:1-114:8, Proverbs 27:18-20

Circumstances got you down?

"Seek the LORD and his strength; seek His presence continually." Psalm 105:4

Why?

"You [God] make known to me the path of life;
   in your presence there is fullness of joy;
   at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16:11

Devotional Passages for the Week of Nov 7-14

Monday: Ezekiel 16:42-17:24, Hebrews 8:1-13, Psalm 106:13-31, Proverbs 27:7-9

Tuesday: Ezekiel 18:1-19:14, Hebrews 9:1-10, Psalm 106:32-48, Proverbs 27:10

Wednesday: Ezekiel 20:1-49, Hebrews 9:11-28, Psalm 107:1-43, Proverbs 27:11

So what are you eating? Part II

How good are you at identifying what is good and what is evil?  On a scale of 1-10 (10 being really adept) how would you rate yourself?  How would you rate yourself in comparison to say...