Matthew 19:27 “Peter answered him, ‘We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?’” I sat in what I call my “little room” having my morning devotions. Surrounded by windows, I looked outside and there a few yards away, I spotted a deer. This was Continue Reading…
Psalm 82:6-7 “I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die….” If I were to ask if you believed in God with a capital “G” or god with a small “g” you would no doubt say God with a big “G.” I Continue Reading…
John 2:1;11 “On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.…What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory.” Even the start of the day hinted toward something supernatural… It began while I was sitting by Continue Reading…
John 21:3 “Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go with you.’” My Christmas tree is down. Rather than sitting next to its warm glow, I’m having morning devotions back in my little porch room. Half & half foams my coffee instead Continue Reading…
Mark 9:23 “…Everything is possible for one who believes.” It was early Saturday morning in Boulder, Colorado. I went to the gas station to fill up my little Renault. The overcast skies looked threatening, but when the station attendant commented that it looked like we were in for a shower, Continue Reading…
Acts 12:14-15 “When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, ‘Peter is at the door!’ ‘You’re out of your mind,’ they told her.” Whether praising, repenting or petitioning, I love communing with God. But a recent study of Acts 12 prompted me Continue Reading…
Isaiah 45:3 “I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.” It was Sunday morning and I had just finished the last talk of five I had given at Continue Reading…
Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine for your light has come.” Mark—Chapter 5. One chapter that describes three of the most hopeless situations recorded in the Gospels: a man whose sanity had been stripped away by not just one, but a legion of demons; a woman who, after twelve years, had Continue Reading…
Matthew 19:26 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Ever feel like you’re in a lose/lose situation? You can’t imagine how God could ever bring good out this time. Finances have never dropped this low. The relationship has never been this broken. The future Continue Reading…
Mark 16:3 “and they asked each other, ‘Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?’” When the women went to the grave to put spices on Jesus’ body, they had no idea of how they would do it. The huge stone covering the tomb was locked Continue Reading…