BECOMING YOURSELF Today’s Scripture- Galatians 1:11-24* (bottom of the page) What is the story of your life before you came to know Jesus? Have you known God since birth? Did you have a radical conversion like Paul? Do you know Jesus today? In today’s passage Paul said this about his own life, “You know what I …
REJOICE IN SUFFERING Today’s reading – Colossians 1:24-29 (below) Today’s reading begins with these words from the Apostle Paul, “Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you.” While we did read the rest of the scripture passage, we just couldn’t get past those words. You see we are in a season where many people we …
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DAY 1: THAT I MAY KNOW JESUS “That I may know Jesus and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings.” Philippians 3:10 Dear Friends, What was the faith of your childhood? Did you go to the kind of church that celebrated Ash Wednesday and imposed ashes on your forehead to begin a season …
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Has anybody ever tried to set you straight? How did that work for them? How did it work for you? Our Bluebook Devotional (below) readings this week include some pretty loud and even bossy admonitions from John the Baptizer to “get ready for the coming of Christ.” What we’ve noticed is that pride keeps people from listening …
Second Sunday of Advent: Prepare the Way! “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be …