Posts from October 2022

  DISCUSSION                                                                           Joseph of Arimathea had been a disciple of Jesus for some time, but he had done so in secret.  You see, Joseph was a member of the Jewish Council called the Sanhedrin; the exact same Council that were responsible for arresting Jesus in the garden leading to His ultimate crucifixion.   If it were made known that one of their own had become a disciple of Jesus,…

  DISCUSSION                                                                  As Jesus prepares to enter Jerusalem for the last time before His death, the people are beginning to accept that He was not just another prophet.  As He enters the city, even His method of transportation is different… “a colt” or a young donkey. It wasn’t just the method that was unique, the path was somewhat different as well.  The people were taking…

  DISCUSSION                                                    I want to commend you and thank you for using our “Home Devo”. We believe it is an easy way to study the Scripture and we hope it only whets your appetite for a deeper study.  The “Home Devo” is one of many tools that you can use to grow closer to God.  In today’s world, many believe that is harder to study with so many distractions, but there are…

  DISCUSSION                                                                                                     I believe that we can separate our preachers into three main categories.  First, you have what I like to call “Fluffy Preachers”.  These men love to preach the “Fluffy” news of the Gospel.  Their sermons, for the most part, are full of love, mercy, tolerance and grace.  Next, you have the “Hell-Fire and Brimstone Preachers”.  These men are considered more old school preachers; they…

  DISCUSSION                                                                                       “Lord, teach us to pray…” I wish I knew who it was that made this simple request.  Could it have been Andrew?  Andrew had originally been a disciple of John the Baptist and had seen how John had prayed; I suppose it could have been Andrew.  Maybe it was Matthew, who was a Levite and had even been trained to pray as a Levite making…

  DISCUSSION                                                                       As a parent, I feel that I am constantly having to remind my children of certain things like, clean your room, put up your clothes, and make sure you have on clean underwear.  It is very frustrating to feel like I am having to repeat myself over and over. I wonder if Jesus felt the same type of frustration?  Over and over in the Scripture we find Jesus having to remind His disciples of…

  DISCUSSION                                                           The expression “just say the word” typically is used to indicate one’s willingness to be ready to help someone else on command.  However, in our reading for the day it us used to express something else, faith.  Luke records the story of a centurion who had a servant that was at the point of death.  When he hears about the power of Jesus, he sends word asking for the elders…

  DISCUSSION                                                                     Imagine that you are standing on the banks of the Jordan River, when you see a large man wearing a coat of camel hair wade into to water. “Repent!” He says in a loud obnoxious tone. “Repent! Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand”.  The more he talks, the louder and more animated he becomes. You stand in awe of not only how he looks, but with what…

  DISCUSSION                                                                                 The Bible gives us everything we need to know about the life of Christ, yet there is a great deal about His life that we do not know.  It reminds me of John’s concluding remarks in his Gospel “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the…

DISCUSSION                                                           After Jesus was crucified in Mark 16, we read of his resurrection.  We also read of three women that were there when Jesus was crucified, and when he was resurrected.  These women were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome.  In vs 2 we see the day after Jesus was buried in the tomb, they got up very early in the morning to anoint him with spices.  They loved Jesus and were true followers of…

  DISCUSSION                                                                              While on this earth, Jesus made several promises.  In John 10.10 He promises an abundant life to all His followers.  In John 15.14-15, he promises us His hand in friendship if we do whatsoever He has commanded us to do.  In Matthew 28.20, He promised to be with us always.  All these promises (along with many more) are wonderful for us today and offer us motivation to continue to…

  DISCUSSION                                                                                              Jesus knew that there would be some people that would not fully buy into Him being the Son of God.  He knew that it would take time for them to see that He was the complete fulfillment of prophecy and that it would even take the resurrection before some would become disciples.  To help encourage their faith along, Jesus would leave a few subtle hints throughout His ministry about things…