Sonshine for your soul
Posted in God's grace on Sep 28th, 2011
God clearly has a heart given to encouragement.
As the prophet Isaiah recorded the latter portions of God’s prophetic inspiration to him, the evidence of God’s nurturing nature was unmistakable.
You can read about it within Isaiah 54-57 available by clicking here.
I’m not going to recite the encouraging words spoken indirectly through Isaiah to barren women, to [...]
Posted in kindness on Aug 30th, 2011
A preacher friend of mine, Steve Jones, sends out ultra brief daily devotions and it’s not uncommon for Steve’s devotion to consist of one or two verses of scripture and one or two sentences of comments.
My style is to write devotions that are more like a slice of pie rather than a single bite. [...]
Posted in loyalty on Aug 22nd, 2011
I was deeply moved this morning by a passage in my daily Bible reading.
In fact, I want to let it do the talking to your heart. I think it speaks for itself.
“A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.” (Job [...]
Posted in kindness on Jul 5th, 2011
It’s verly likely that somebody at your job or congregation — or perhaps within your own home — is discouraged now and feels buried under the weight of grief because of some broken dream or relationship.
For those of us who have been in such seasons, the awareness of what another is feeling is all too [...]
Posted in God's grace on Jun 24th, 2011
There’s a little story in today’s One-Year Bible reading that reminded me of God’s surprising breadth of grace.
The prophet Elisha had a loyal group of ministry followers who also were preachers. One of them said to Elisha that they needed a bigger church building in order to accommodate everybody who wanted to be in [...]
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Martin Drummond