A collection of devotions written by our community and friends :) God bless you this lent season!
Week 3 – PARABLES Repentance – Rev. Ashton Oxenden (The Earnest Communicant: A Course of Preparation for the Lord’s Table, 1856, pp. 14-16) Meditation: LUKE XVIII. 13. “THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF, WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH AS HIS EYES UNTO HEAVEN.” What a pattern of a truly humble and contrite soul! Let me […]
Week 3 – PARABLES Adding Water to Milk – Karisa Stucker “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” – Corrie Ten Boom What is worry? In this unpredictable life, unfortunate circumstances that come up and cause thoughts and feelings of despair and worry. Jesus makes it very clear […]
Week 3 – PARABLES Mustard Seed – Nick Tunnicliffe Lent is a season for disciples to prepare for the immanent cross. This, of course, means we must join Jesus for his 40 days in the desert. In order to be equipped for the cross, we must first be able to stand confidently as children […]
Week 3 – PARABLES Keep Bothering – Jay and Andrea Allerton Here are the parables that jumped out at us, both having to do with persistence in prayer. The parable of the widow and the parable of a friend asking for three loaves of bread at midnight: in both we see that Jesus wants […]
Week 2 – TEACHING: Come – Jasmine Eye I am not an educated woman, unless you count street knowledge and drug use. Perhaps I know too much. My record isn’t a pretty one. As I sat incarcerated—again—with fifteen years hanging over my head, the Lord met me where I was. He came to me and talked […]
Week 2- TEACHING: 20/20 Vision – Tabitha Blessum “Hear then the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what […]
Week 2- TEACHING Take Heart – Amber Ross John 16:33: “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world” (NLT). Often times, we may find ourselves shocked when we […]
Week 2- TEACHING: The “Go” of Relationship – Oswald Chambers (My Utmost for His Highest, 1935, “Sept. 25”) “And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.” – Matthew 5:41 The summing up of Our Lord’s teaching is that the relationship which He demands is an impossible one unless He has […]
Week 2 – TEACHING: Are You Thirsty? – Todd Thicksten I just saw the movie Silence, based on the book by Shusaku Endo. I read the book a long time ago and forgot a lot of the dialogue. Currently serving in Japan as a missionary, I knew this was an important movie to see, but […]
Week 1 – PRONOUNCEMENT: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – Horatius Bonar (hymn; 1846) I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto Me and rest; lay down, O weary one, lay down your head upon my breast.” I came to Jesus as I was, so weary worn and sad; I found […]
