by guest blogger JoAnne Meckstroth It was the first day of Passover. As was my habit, I symbolically smeared oil on my doorpost and prayed protection over my family and nation. Then I turned my thoughts to Pentecost and prayed …
Songs about counting blessings can sound patently glib. Yet there’s a lot of truth to their advice. When trouble comes, counting can become a weapon. Jesus warned us in John 16:33 to expect tribulations, so we don’t often have a …
“I am the living bread which came down from heaven” (John 6:51 NKJV). It was a peculiar thing for Jesus to say. And it left the Jews of the time quarreling and confounded. It was one thing to compare Himself …
This story originally appeared on CBN.com. They titled it “Tenacious Seeds” though that was actually the name of another devotion I sent them at the same time. At any rate, I received an email from Alan Newcombe who reads and …
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat …
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