by Edward | Mar 11, 2020 | Lent, Devotional, Jesus
I got up for a few minutes last night, as old men are prone to do, not fully awake, but no longer asleep. Somewhere in my soul a verse was floating around. I don’t know how else to describe it, but you have probably experienced it too. In this case it was Romans...
by Edward | Feb 17, 2020 | Jesus, Devotional
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not...
by Edward | Feb 3, 2020 | Weatherproof, Jesus
Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak! Matthew 26:41 NLT Jesus’ command to watch and pray is something He personally demonstrated for His disciples in the garden of Gethsemane. The culmination...
by Edward | Feb 2, 2020 | Weatherproof, Jesus, Virtues
If you love me, keep My commandments – John 14:15 NLT Keeping Christ’s commands requires willing, thoughtful obedience to what He has instructed. If we want our lives to be “weatherproof,” able to withstand any storm or circumstance that will come our way in...
by Edward | Jan 22, 2020 | Weatherproof, Jesus
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new...
by Edward | Jan 21, 2020 | Weatherproof, Jesus
Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the...