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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.
"Poured Out Into Our Hearts"
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 153 min read
"Twisting Together a Crown of Thorns"
“And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in...
Jerry Zengler
Mar 142 min read
"Peace I Leave with You"
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 133 min read
“Delight yourself in the Lord"
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4 ESV) On its face, this is a confusing verse....
J. Richard Baran
Mar 123 min read
“The Privilege to Participate!”
“Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, ‘Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the...
Jerry Hanline
Mar 114 min read
"and in Hades, Being in Torment"
And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table....
J. Richard Baran
Mar 104 min read
Prayer for the Week Ahead
Merciful Father, On this crisp Sunday morning, we pause to prepare our devoted hearts and minds for the week ahead. We acknowledge that...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 92 min read
“Imitate what is good!”
“Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.” (3 John11 ESV)...
Jerry Hanline
Mar 83 min read
"The Surpassing Worth"
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 73 min read
"No One Else"
“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12...
Jerry Zengler
Mar 63 min read
Saved? From What?
“Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him.” (Isaiah 53:10) What are you saved from? Your sin? Hell? Yourself? What is so terrible...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 53 min read
The Sin Killing Power of Christ
“ If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”(1 John 1:8 ESV) A false teacher has stated he has not...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 43 min read
“The Lord’s Timing!”
“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord...
Jerry Hanline
Mar 33 min read
Your Grace
Gracious and Merciful Father, in this intimate moment of prayer, I come to You, my creator and sustainer, seeking Your grace and...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 22 min read
“Speaking for God!”
“Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by...
Jerry Hanline
Mar 13 min read
"Have Mercy on Me"
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions. Wash me...
J. Richard Baran
Feb 283 min read
"It has Hated Me"
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own;...
J. Richard Baran
Feb 273 min read
Gods Great Love
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16...
Jerry Zengler
Feb 263 min read
"The Wisdom From Above"
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere....
J. Richard Baran
Feb 253 min read
“And this is Love!”
“And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love...
Jerry Hanline
Feb 243 min read
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