TELL IT TO JESUS – John 2:1-11 There are people who say a great deal with few words. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, seemed to be such a person. Not many of Mary’s words are recorded, but we should pay attention to the ones that are. Consider John 2:1-11. What she said is a great lesson in prayer. The passage begins with, “There was a wedding and Jesus was invited.”…Keep Reading

THOUGHT FOR TODAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2019 WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD [Exodus 10-12] After the eighth plague of locusts, Pharaoh’s servants had said, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?” (Ex 10:7). Pharaoh’s was not moved. After the tenth plague which was the death of the…Keep Reading

All One Body 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-31a For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many….Keep Reading

1 Peter 2:24 Be Blessed & Be Healed (Click on Play Above to Hear 1 Peter 2) Want to know a little something about me? I’m covered in scars, both physically and certainly spiritually. Aren’t we all? Our scars are something that we shouldn’t ever be ashamed of why? Because they tell a story about us and the battles we are in or have come through. It also means that…Keep Reading

Exodus 7-9 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2019: PHARAOH’S HARD HEART [Ex 7-9] No less than ten times in today’s reading the record either says that Pharaoh hardened his heart or God hardened his heart. Some have accused God of unfairness toward Pharaoh. Part of the problem is bad theology (predestination) and part of it is careless reading. To get the intended message we begin in Ex 5:1-2: “Afterward Moses…Keep Reading

Psalm 73:23 “Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.” A car had somehow gotten upon a sidewalk and was stuck. Driving by the distressed vehicle, I couldn’t help but notice the bumper sticker that said, “God Is My Co-pilot.” How many times has that been my problem? I was once visiting an older couple who were usually found sitting side by side in their…Keep Reading

1 John 5:14-15 – Talks about praying and asking God to hear us. (Press Play Above to Hear 1 John 5.) Heavenly Father; I bow my soul before You to pray a prayer of protection and safety for our nation’s first responders. Protect us as we act as Your hands and feet to others braving this immense cold that is covering our nation in its icy grasp. Your word tells…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Firing Up Your Witness The sun is out but somehow hiding behind the clouds . . . The firey rays of the sun is distant as the cardinals feed on the bird feeder . . . and as Ray Amos talks about Jeremiah 36:22 – with the king’s fire blazing before him . . . also, Don Campbell with his thoughts written a few hours…Keep Reading

Jeremiah 36:22 “Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning in the brazier before him.” It sure has been cold lately, but it is winter. Who remembers waking up on a cold morning in a feather bed? The temperature inside the house was about the same as the temperature outside, but that was okay because you had about fifty pounds of…Keep Reading

THOUGHT FOR TODAY, JANUARY 31, 2019: WHAT’S IN YOUR HAND? [Ex 4-6] Moses had sought some assurances from God of the success of the mission and God gave his word: “I promise that I will bring you out” (Ex 3:17). “I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with wonders” (Ex 3:20). “You shall plunder the Egyptians” (Ex 3:22). Moses still wanted to argue: “But behold, they will not…Keep Reading