DEVOTIONS – PHARAOH’S FOLLY

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Exodus 7:1-13 and Luke 4:1-15. Exodus 7:3-4  “But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty...

DEVOTIONS – THE BEAUTY OF BAPTISM

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Exodus 6:1-13 and Luke 3:1-17 Luke 3:3  “John went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Yesterday, I baptized a father and his children as...

DEVOTIONS – SOMEONE ELSE

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Exodus 4:1-17 and Luke 1:57-80. Exodus 4:13 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord.Please send someone else.” (NIV) When I read about how reluctant Moses was to do God’s bidding, it makes me smile. Getting people...

DEVOTIONS – HOLY GROUND

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Exodus 3:1-12 and Luke 1:18-38. Exodus 3:5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” (NIV) Sometimes I wonder if, as Christians, we’re losing our...

DEVOTIONS – PREACHING EVERYWHERE

Today’s Bible readings can be found at this link: Exodus 2:1-10 and Mark 16:9-20. Mark 16:20  “Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.” (NIV) Preaching has...

DEVOTIONS – BREAKING THE SILENCE

Psalm 39:2 “But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased.” When I was eighteen, I tried to kill myself and ended up in the hospital for three days in order to flush out the overdose of tranquilizers that I had taken....