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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.
"Then He Rose and was Baptized"
“And immediately, something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized;” (Acts 9:18 ESV)...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 303 min read
“Greater is He that is in You!”
“Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4 ESV)...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 293 min read
For Families
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, You set the solitary in families: We commend to your continual care the homes in which your people...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 281 min read
“Keeping the Commandments of Jesus!”
“Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 273 min read
"Neither Death nor Life"
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 262 min read
"You Have No Sin?"
“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 253 min read
"I Will Hear From Heaven"
“ if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 253 min read
"Hold Fast Your Integrity"
“ Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” (Job 2:9 ESV) I reach out to Job when...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 243 min read
"Shall I not Drink the Cup
“Jesus commanded Peter, ‘Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?’” (John 18:11 ESV) What was in the cup?...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 235 min read
“Your Sins are Forgiven!”
“I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.” (1 John 2:12 ESV) John uses the statement “I...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 224 min read
Open Doors
God our Father, Thank you for rescuing us from the dominion of darkness and bringing us into the kingdom of our Savior Christ Jesus. In...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 211 min read
"God is Light"
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 203 min read
"Alive to God"
“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 193 min read
"Like Newborn Infants"
“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk,...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 183 min read
“For the Grace of God"
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 173 min read
“What is Truth?”
For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 163 min read
“Woe to You, Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites!”
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 154 min read
Glorify
Dear Heavenly Father, We lift Your name high as the author of all things. You are worthy of all our praise, glorification, and adoration....
J. Richard Baran
Sep 141 min read
“The Secret things belong to the LORD our God!”
“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do...
Jerry Hanline
Sep 134 min read
"Do You Believe this?”
“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me...
J. Richard Baran
Sep 123 min read
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