Category Archives: Devotional

A Correct Prayer Attitude

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

A song of ascents. 1To you we lift up our eyes, You who live in heaven. 2As the eyes of slaves turn to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid looks to the hand of her … Continue reading →

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Backbiters!

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

28Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, … Continue reading →

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God, President-elect Obama, and Me

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Jody Neufeld

Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you … Continue reading →

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Opportunity Days to Watch God Work

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

“Isn’t this the carpenter?  Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon?  Aren’t his sisters here with us?”  And they took offense at him.      Mark 3:3  (NIV) “He’s just _____.”   “She’s only ___.”  Ever hear … Continue reading →

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Honest Questions, Hard Answers

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

If anyone comes to me and does not hat his father and mother, his wife, his children, his brothers, and his sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. — Luke 14:26 (This is Henry.) [Note – … Continue reading →

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Grace all the Way Down

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

4-5But God, rich in mercy, took action because he loved us so very much. Even though we were dead through the things we had done wrong, he brought us to life in Christ (you were saved by grace!) 6He then … Continue reading →

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The One Standing With You

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

1Now the entire congregation of the Israelites traveled from the wilderness of Sin by stages as YHWH commanded. They camped in Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2So the people brought a complaint against Moses. … Continue reading →

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Slaying the Egypt in You

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

3And the Israelites said to them [Moses and Aaron], “Oh that we had died by YHWH’s hand in Egypt, where we sat by cauldrons of boiling meat and ate bread until we were satisfied!” For you have brought us out … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t We Just All Get Along?

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

1Listen, my people, to my instruction (Torah), Pay attention to the words I speak. — Psalm 78:1 I’ve been following some online debates about hierarchy in the church. Should there be certain people in authority? If we are all lead … Continue reading →

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Fan, On the Sideline, In the Game

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Henry Neufeld

1As he was going along he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2His disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned? Was it this man or his parents to make him be born blind?” — John 9:1-2 (This is Henry … Continue reading →

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