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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.
The Lord's Day
Father God, Today, we worship and praise you for the grace and mercy you have shown your children. With unwavering faith, we acknowledge...
J. Richard Baran
May 19, 20241 min read
Glorification in Contentment
“6 But godliness with contentment is great gain, 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.”...
J. Richard Baran
May 18, 20242 min read
The Truth and the Light
“8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious...
J. Richard Baran
May 17, 20242 min read
God's Grace
Father God, With the myriads of things before us, let us not forget you. For you Lord, are everything. Without you we are nothing. In our...
J. Richard Baran
May 16, 20241 min read
Evil, Sheer Evil
“We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.” (1 John 5:19 ESV) The power of the evil one....
J. Richard Baran
May 15, 20242 min read
Prayers
My brothers and sisters, difficult times have been set before some of our members. I am asking that you pray for those in the midst of...
J. Richard Baran
May 14, 20241 min read
WHJD
“When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done...
J. Richard Baran
May 14, 20242 min read
Are you there for them?
“Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you.” (1...
J. Richard Baran
May 13, 20242 min read
Happy Mother's Day
Father God, Thank you for your mercies and your blessings. Lord, I pray you will bless all mothers this Mother's Day. If they are with...
J. Richard Baran
May 12, 20241 min read
Pray
" Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving." (Colossians 4:2 ESV) Merciful Father, In these past days,...
J. Richard Baran
May 11, 20241 min read
Peace
“27 Peace I leave with you; 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
May 10, 20243 min read
Even Super Heroes need a Friend
“9 Do your best to come to me soon. 10 For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has...
J. Richard Baran
May 9, 20243 min read
Guarded in Christ
“6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to...
J. Richard Baran
May 8, 20242 min read
A Hard Truth
45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell....
J. Richard Baran
May 7, 20245 min read
He is here too!
“And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall...
J. Richard Baran
May 6, 20242 min read
Cast away
“the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their...
J. Richard Baran
May 5, 20242 min read
Do you wait for Him?
“O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I direct my prayer to you and watch.” Psalm 5:3 ESV We are often overcome with...
J. Richard Baran
May 4, 20242 min read
God knew the end before the beginning.
“The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.” (Psalm 21:1 ESV) Brothers and Sisters, I...
J. Richard Baran
May 3, 20242 min read
Drink
“And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;...
J. Richard Baran
May 2, 20242 min read
$%*&@!
“30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and...
J. Richard Baran
May 1, 20242 min read
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