Devotions

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Wednesday: Third Week of Lent John 10:22-42 Have you ever asked a question of someone, and then didn’t like their answer? Here are a few examples: “What do you think of my new girlfriend?” or “How […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Tuesday: Second Week of Lent John 6:41-71 Have you ever considered abandoning Jesus and if so, what stopped you? Jesus just fed five thousand people with only five loaves and two fish. He then walked on […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Friday: Third Week of Lent John 11:17-44 What do you do when God lets you down? Jesus had let them down! The proof was lying in a stone tomb. Lazarus was dead—and he had been dead […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Holy Saturday John 21:1-14 Have you ever used the expression, “I just can’t believe it”? During a recent visit to the Sea of Tiberias, I got to walk the very shoreline that tradition says was the […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Monday: Second Week of Lent John 6:22-40 Do you ever find yourself staring blankly into the fridge, looking for something to satisfy a need, yet not really knowing what it may be? I’ve witnessed this phenomenon […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Saturday: Fourth Week of Lent John 14:15-31 How do we connect the Wonderful Counselor of Isaiah 9:6 with the promise of the Counselor in John 14:16? In preparation for His death, Jesus gave attention to preparing […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Monday: Fifth Week of Lent John 15:18-25 How do you feel when someone doesn’t like you? Myself, I try to think about something else and pretend it doesn’t bother me. Do you get sad? Do you […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Palm Sunday John 18:28-40 What is your portrait of a king? In the Scripture reading, heaven and earth are colliding with great force, with the kind of power that will change the world forever. This is […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Tuesday: Fourth Week of Lent John 12:37-50 What are some interesting interactions you’ve had with strangers? It was going to be a three-hour bus ride. I sat down by myself and hoped it would stay that […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Holy Wednesday John 19:28-42 Who is the hero of your life story? A recent ad for a vitamin company urges viewers to imagine their lives as a movie, and to live as if they are the […]