Message/Application:  This morning my focus rested on Proverbs 2. Wisdom is speaking and she says that if I would lean into her wisdom and let her words direct my heart closely to understanding I’ll be able to reach for it... Continue reading →

Message/Application:  In A cts 22 Paul had been viciously taken by the Jews who fully intended to kill him but now found himself answering to the Romans who just wanted to know why the Jews wanted him so badly. They... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In Acts 21 all the things that Paul had been warned about were starting to go down. As soon as Paul showed up in Jerusalem the Jews were all fired up against him making their accusations that Paul was... Continue reading →

Message/Application: As I read through both Acts 20 this morning as well as Proverbs 29 I was caught by a few important things. In Acts 20, Paul had been teaching, leading and discipling these people for all of this time and... Continue reading →

Message/Application: This is a short little devotion but I didn’t see a point in fluffing it up with words.In Proverbs 14 I was reading through the contrasts between wisdom and foolishness, honesty and dishonesty. In the middle of it all... Continue reading →

Message/Application:  Proverbs 9 gives a comparative picture of wisdom and foolishness. Wisdom is prepared and has built a house with 7 pillars. I’m pretty sure those 7 pillars have significant meaning and represent the strength of her character, but the... Continue reading →

Message:  The power of the Holy Spirit is for every believer, but it’s purpose is not to make us look good, or spiritual or powerful. It’s to glorify God and draw people to HIM. Simon, the former sorcerer became a... Continue reading →

Message/Application:  In John 21 the disciples had seen Jesus a few times since his resurrection. They had been interrupted by Jesus during their grief as they hid from the Jews in fear of what might be done to them. They... Continue reading →

Message/Application:  In John 20 I was reading about all of the grief going on with the disciples and followers of Jesus. They thought it was the end and not only were they grieving, but they were terrified of the Jews... Continue reading →

Message/Application: Reading John 17 I saw Jesus praying for his disciples as a spiritual covering a protector of those he was leading. He was praying for his 12 specifically and I saw a picture of what he was modeling to... Continue reading →

Message/Application:  In John 19 I was reading about the interaction between Pontius Pilate and Jesus. I had always read this with the impression that Pilate believed his innocence and was trying to do Jesus a favor, but today I saw... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In John 12 the miracle of Lazarus raised from the dead was the most powerful miracle they had seen yet (although there was another one more powerful to come). This was an undeniable miracle, and it drew many people... Continue reading →

Message/Application:  In John 11 I really related to the grief in Mary & Martha when they felt like Jesus had let them down. They had all the faith in the world that Jesus could and would do a miracle, but... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In John 8 the very first story is about the adulteress woman who was “caught in the act.” Jesus was in the temple complex teaching when the scribes and Pharisees brought the woman to him to make their accusations.... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In John 7 the crowds and many disciples were turning on Jesus and the Jews were trying to kill him. His brothers didn’t believe or understand his purpose, so they tried to advise him by saying “no one does... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In John 5 miraculous things were happening but the Jews were so offended by Jesus that they were overlooking the miracles and accusing him by the standards of their own traditions and interpretations of the law. When Jesus healed... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In John 4 when the woman at the well encountered Jesus I couldn’t help but notice how quickly she responded to him without explanation. She came to the well to a fulfill a physical and legitimate need. She needed... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In John 3, a man named Nicodemus was approaching Jesus with questions. He heard Jesus talking about being born again so he raised the question that sounds so naïve (and somewhat sarcastic) to us in our Bible educated understanding,... Continue reading →

Message\Application: In John 2 I took a few steps back to observe some details in an otherwise, very familiar story so I’m just going to throw them out there for observation. My first observation was when his mother came to... Continue reading →

Application:  Proverbs 16 contrasts the differences between the thoughts, motives and plans of man compared to God. The very first verse acknowledges that reflections of the heart belong to man but then verse 2 tells us that a man’s ways... Continue reading →