Category Archives: Bible Books
God Rested – and so am I
By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested. God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.   Genesis 2:2-3 (CEV) Yesterday my day ran very long. … Continue reading
Five Loaves and Two Fish – Who Will I Serve?
[This is] the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza. This is what the LORD says: Look, waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing wadi. They will … Continue reading
Hope
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” … Continue reading
Toddlers
Whenever I complain to you, LORD, you are always fair. But now I have questions about your justice. Why is life easy for sinners? Why are they successful? You plant them like trees; you let them prosper and produce fruit. … Continue reading
Grandparents
Every time I say your name in prayer—which is practically all the time—I thank God for you, the God I worship with my whole life in the tradition of my ancestors. I miss you a lot, especially when I remember … Continue reading
My Brother
How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! It’s like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron’s beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes. It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing … Continue reading
The Limitation of My Love
A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee’s home and got ready to eat. When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of … Continue reading
The Chihuahua called Cancer
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your threat means nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. … Continue reading
Hate the Sin – Not the Sinner
You judge by appearances. If any of you think you are the only ones who belong to Christ, then think again. We belong to Christ as much as you do.                           2 Corinthians 10:7 (CEV) The response re: yesterday’s devotion was … Continue reading
9/11, Bin Laden, and the Fallen World
By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid†when face to face with you, but “bold†toward you when away! I beg you that when I come I may not have to be … Continue reading