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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.
In Your Glory We Pray
Merciful Father, Today, the Lord’s Day, is a day of great significance. We gather to praise You, Lord, and to seek the fellowship of our...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 15, 20241 min read
I know whom I have believed!
"... But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 14, 20242 min read
From Father to Son, To You!
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (ESV) The Book of Proverbs...
Jimmy Young
Sep 13, 20243 min read
It is not about the Benjamins
“You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.”(2 Corinthians...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 12, 20243 min read
Sticks and Stones
“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 11, 20243 min read
Why? Evil Reveals Glory.
“But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say?” (Romans 3:5 ESV). This verse from Romans is...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 10, 20243 min read
Once Foolish
" For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 9, 20242 min read
A Sunday Prayer
Merciful Father, As we stand on the threshold of this new week, our hearts are filled with anticipation. Many of us may feel a tinge of...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 8, 20241 min read
Remember, and Pray
Father God, You are so merciful and filled with grace. You answer our prayers, guide us, and teach us all things about you. Lord, thank...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 7, 20241 min read
It can be yours too!
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw...
Jerry Zengler
Sep 6, 20243 min read
His Winnowing Fork is Ready
“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 5, 20244 min read
He Decides
Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. (John 9:3 ESV)...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 4, 20243 min read
It has not been overcome.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. (Isaiah...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 3, 20243 min read
Be Strengthened by Grace
“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:1 ESV) How often have you heard, “If you do your...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 2, 20243 min read
For Them We Pray
Merciful Father, It is in my love that I come before You today. I pray you will lift up the lost and the confused. I pray for those who...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 1, 20242 min read
An Angelic Curiosity
“It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those...
Jerry Hanline
Aug 31, 20242 min read
The Right and Wrong
“For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the...
J. Richard Baran
Aug 30, 20244 min read
Look to the Lord
“All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;no one does good, not even one.”
Jerry Zengler
Aug 29, 20244 min read
Deep Groaning of Despair
“Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us...
J. Richard Baran
Aug 28, 20242 min read
On Grace, We Hope
"Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the...
Jerry Hanline
Aug 27, 20243 min read
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