Posted: June 1, 2025
Key Text: John 2: 1 – 12; Matthew 12: 46 – 50; Luke 14: 26 Additional Texts: John 19: 26 – 27; Exodus 29: 1 – 26; Isaiah 45: 5; Exodus 20: 3 – 5; Isaiah 44: 6 In part one of this series, the rationale for it was shared; Jesus’ life on earth (in
Posted: May 17, 2025
Key Text: Matthew 23 Additional Texts: Romans 10:3; Matthew 6: 1; James 1: 20; Matthew 5: 22; Matthew 7: 15-16; Revelation 20: 11 – 15; 2 Corinthians 5: 10; John 12: 47 – 48 There are several helpful supporting Scriptures in this entry; if you are unable to read them immediately, you may still grasp
Continue Reading “Show and Tell (1): Fools and Blinds!”
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Posted: May 4, 2025
Key Text: Luke 24: 13 – 51 Additional Texts: James 1: 5- 8; Judges 6: 14-23, 33 – 40; Judges 7; John 20: 24 – 30; John 21: 1 – 14; Genesis 17: 17; Genesis 18: 12; Genesis 21: 1-7; Matthew 26: 56 Do you buy the best brands for the assurance they bring? Do
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Tags: Asking God why, Author blog, autobiography and devotional, Bible Verses on Suffering, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, Christians suffer, Cry out to God, Daily Devotional, Daily Devotions, Dealing with Difficult Times, Devotional for Christians, Help in Suffering, Help with the Christian Walk, Hope Against the Odds, Hope in Suffering, Walking with God in Difficult Times
Posted: April 20, 2025
Key Texts: Matthew 16: 21 – 26; Matthew 17: 1 – 9; Matthew 17: 23 – 24; Matthew 26: 36 – 56; John 18 – 20; Luke 24: 1; John 20: 1; Mark 16: 2 – 4; Matthew 28: 1 – 6; Matthew 5: 17 – 19 Additional Texts: Genesis 3: 15; Isaiah 53; Matthew
Continue Reading “Keep Stepping (2) – Enduring to the End in Two-fold Promises”
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Posted: April 13, 2025
Key Text: Matthew 20: 20 – 28 Additional Texts: Luke 12: 37; Luke 13: 31 – 33; Luke 14: 25 – 33; Matthew 21: 1 – 12; Mark 6: 1-6 Like many of you perhaps, I am anticipating this year’s Easter movies: ‘King of Kings’ and ‘The Last Supper’. I love interesting films, including movies
Posted: March 30, 2025
Key Texts: Ruth 1-4; Esther 1-7 Revelation 22: 16 Additional Texts: Titus 2: 14; Micah 7: 18-19 Last week’s entry explored the inescapable variety of seasons in our lives; we experience high and low seasons, regardless of age, background, social standing or beliefs. This entry focuses more on God’s ability to shift us from some
Continue Reading “Seasons do Change (2) – Divine Timing”
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Posted: March 23, 2025
Key Texts: Genesis 8: 22; Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 14 Additional Texts: Psalm 90: 12; John 4: 9; Jeremiah 29: 11 Spring is here! I’m not sure if like me you’ve welcomed the new season with exuberance; having lived in the tropics, longer, lighter, warmer days are always welcomed! Each year, as the flowers begin
Continue Reading “Seasons do Change (1): The Transience of Life”
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Tags: A time for everything under the sun, As long as the earth remains there will be seed time and harvest, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, change, Daily Devotional, Daily Devotions, Life is full of changes, Number your days, Seasons do Change, the transience of life, To everything there is a season
Posted: March 16, 2025
Key Texts: Matthew 10: 1-25; 2 Chronicles 34-35; Luke 9: 51-53; Additional Texts: Genesis 3; Proverbs 12: 17-23; Matthew 23: 1-10, 23-34; Luke 10: 19; Numbers 21: Revelation 12:9; Isaiah 14: 27; Revelation 20: 2; Isaiah 50:7 Sometimes, it is difficult to focus. There is an abundance of distractions in our world which all vie
Continue Reading “Balanced Discernment (2) – Flint-faced”
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Posted: March 9, 2025
Key Texts: 1 John 4: 1-6; Nehemiah 1-4, 6-7, 12-13 Supporting Texts: Romans 15:7; John 3: 15-17; 3 Timothy 1: 13-14: Proverbs 4: 23 There are many scriptures connected to this entry which will enhance your understanding; nonetheless, it is possible to understand the key message if your time is limited to do so before
Continue Reading “Balanced Discernment (1): Guard against Gullibility”
Posted: March 2, 2025
Key Texts: Matthew 2; John 15: 18-25; Exodus 1: 8-22; Exodus 2: 1-8; 1 Samuel 18: 5-30; 1 Peter 1: 1-7 Additional Texts: Luke 2: 52; Matthew 27: 32-56; Exodus 3 – 14; 2 Samuel 5: 1-4; Revelation 20 There are many references for this post; it would be great if you could read them
