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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.
Blood From a Turnip?
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you. So...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 23, 20242 min read
Thank You, Lord
“For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died. (2 Corinthians...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 22, 20241 min read
Speak!
“Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;” (1 Peter 1:23...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 21, 20243 min read
Unhappy, be Happy!
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 20, 20242 min read
The Line Up
Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 19, 20243 min read
He Does What Pleases Him
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 18, 20242 min read
Mercy Oh Lord
My Father, My God, I pray You would help your people; help them, please. Let them see their selfishness and rebellion for what it truly...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 17, 20241 min read
He walks to and fro, and up and down
“It behooves the godly mind to climb still higher, to the height to which Christ calls his disciples: that each must bear his own cross....
J. Richard Baran
Mar 16, 20243 min read
A Friday Prayer
Most Holy and Righteous Father, I come to You as humbly as I know how, in the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, honoring You as...
Jimmy Young
Mar 15, 20242 min read
An Incredible Love
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.”...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Hey Jude
“But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, “In the last time there will...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 13, 20243 min read
Disconnected?
“Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.” (Jeremiah 20:13 ESV) Worship...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 12, 20242 min read
He is here too!
“Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 11, 20242 min read
We are Rich!
Father, God, While we are fallible, you are infinite. Thank you for your love and mercy. While our lives are lived in the blink of an...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 10, 20241 min read
No Mistake Here
Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 9, 20244 min read
It is Written...
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights,...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Do Not Walk Away
“There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. (1Samuel 2:2 ESV) In this verse from 1...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 7, 20244 min read
Can You Trust Him?
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 6, 20242 min read
Are You Ready?
“But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 5, 20242 min read
A Man of God
“Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this...
J. Richard Baran
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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