Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Titus 3:3-6 Our Desperate Situation Baby Evelyn Boswell Tragedy How we prayed for her safety! There was no thought of anything but her rescue. The desperate reality of the situation was that all means available, would he used to find this precious toddler…..alive! We submit her precious being into the hands of our Lord Who will now lovingly care for her. We too, were in…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Romans 8:32 God’s Eternal Good News From the Cross 1.) The Cross is evidence of God’s Love. The Cross shows the extent to which the our Saviour cares about our total wellness: Body, Minds, Souls and Spirits. At the Cross the Father and the Son suffered as no other has ever suffered. “But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet…Keep Reading

Matthew 5:14-16 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, March 3, 2020 “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your…Keep Reading

Mark 14:42 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, February 29, 2020 “Rise up, let us go …” Lent, Day Four A condition that we may miss during our Lenten examination of the soul may be one of the most obvious. We simply don’t think about it like we think about acts of sin we commit. I’m talking about being down when the Lord said, “Rise up!” If you take a look at the…Keep Reading

1 Timothy 6:6 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, February 28, 2020 “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” Lent, Day Three One summer we were sitting on the porch, and there was a boy who was skating up and down the street on one roller skate. Someone asked where his other skate was. “I ain’t got any other,” he replied. “One is enough if you ain’t got two.” That young man had already…Keep Reading

Matthew 6:1 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, February 27, 2020 “Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before others to be seen by them…” Lent Day 2 (This morning I am sharing a few thoughts from our Ash Wednesday service.) A part of Lent is about getting a certain urge under control; that deep down need to let it be known (even in the humblest way) what we have done,…Keep Reading

Psalm 139:23-24 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, February 26, 2020 “23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” “What are you giving up for Lent?” To answer that question may mean that we have forgotten what Jesus said about not letting the left hand know what the…Keep Reading

Ecclesiastes 3:5 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, February 25, 2020 “There is a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together.” “He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines.” (Isaiah 5:2) We who live in this part of the world are well acquainted with rock fences. They are made of rocks that are cleared from fields in order for gardens…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Matthew 26:41 Prayer is Always Personal The Lord’s (or really, the Disciple’s Prayer,) consists of 66 words. President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is made up of 286 words. Our Declaration of Independence: 1,322. What of federal regulations regarding the sale of a head of cabbage: 26,911! There’s a principle here: the wiser, grander, and more profound the idea to be expressed, the fewer the number…Keep Reading

Psalm 90:12 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, February 20, 2020 “So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.” Some will remember the song that says, “Heaven (happy home above); Heaven (land of peace and love). Oh, it makes me feel like traveling on. Heaven (supernal), Heaven (eternal). I’m so glad it’s real.” Some folks think the church should not spend too much time on the…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Matthew 22:37 O What Kind of Love Is This? What do you and I have in common? We were born to be loved. We were first born to live forever, loving, and being loved! You and I were first created to have a fulfilling, one-on-one relationship with our Creator God, our Heavenly Father, and to have this loving relationship with others. To illustrate this, a…Keep Reading

Ruth 2:15-16 DEVOTION FOR TODAY, February 15, 2020 “Let Ruth gather from among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her. Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.” Many of us have benefited from gleaning. Do you remember when people grew more than they needed in their garden, and then gave a lot of it away? ”Hand…Keep Reading