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Was your cup filled today? If the words of God had special meaning for you, please share your reflections in the comments section at the end of each post. We would love to hear Christ's impact on you.
"Test Yourselves"
“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 243 min read
Hope
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 233 min read
"My Peace, I Leave You"
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1 ESV) Peace, as we...
Jerry Zengler
Apr 223 min read
“Fruit of Repentance!”
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee...
Jerry Hanline
Apr 214 min read
Easter Prayer
Merciful Father, We praise You for sending Your Son as the perfect sacrifice, the unblemished Lamb of God, the propitiation of Your...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 202 min read
"Proclaimed to the Spirits"
“ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 193 min read
"After the Day of Preparation"
“ The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, “Sir, we...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 183 min read
"I am the Son of God"
“And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 173 min read
"Before I Suffer.
“And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 163 min read
“Questioning Jesus’s Authority”
“And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what...
Jerry Hanline
Apr 153 min read
Preparing for the Unexpected!
“And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But...
Jerry Hanline
Apr 143 min read
Prayer for Remembrance
Most Heavenly Father, As we enter Holy Week, we pray that you would place upon our hearts and minds the pressures and sacrifices of our...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 132 min read
"By Faith We Understand"
“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 123 min read
"He was Crushed"
“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 114 min read
"Sown on Rocky Ground"
“As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 102 min read
"Jesus Wept"
“Jesus wept” (John 11:35 ESV) The shortest text in the Bible is also one of the most revealing texts. It reveals the human nature of the...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 93 min read
Well-being and Calamity
“That people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other....
J. Richard Baran
Apr 83 min read
“Heading to Egypt!”
“Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother,...
Jerry Hanline
Apr 73 min read
Forgive Us Our Sins
Merciful Father, We are sinful people, and while many of us acknowledge our sins, many choose to ignore them. Father, I pray for...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 62 min read
When You Pray"
“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will...
J. Richard Baran
Apr 53 min read
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