Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Passages for 1.5.20: Genesis 16-18; Mark 6. Remember the exchange Abraham had with God in Genesis 17? Here are several verses to refresh your memory: And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and…
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Passages for 1.5.20: Genesis 12-15; Psalm 148; Mark 5. In Mark 5:21-43 we read about two healings. The first was a woman with a twelve-year problem with a discharge of blood; she touched Jesus’ garment and was healed immediately. The other miracle was the resurrecting of Jairus’ daughter. In verse 23 Mark…
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Passages for 1.4.20: Genesis 9-11; Mark 4. Just as a reminder, the Bible reading plan I’m working through this year can be found here. This plan has five readings per week. Since January started midweek I’m going to write devotions for 1.4 (Sat) and 1.5 (Sun) to carry me through the first…
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Passages for 1.3.20: Genesis 6-8; Psalm 104; Mark 3 Quote from Abraham Kuruvilla, who wrote a commentary on Genesis that I highly recommend. God’s commands are given at a time when there is no indication of a flood. There’s no sprinkling, no storms coming in, no meteorologists, no drop in barometric pressure.…
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Passages for 1.2.20: Genesis 3-5; Mark 2. Thoughts on Genesis 4. What does God do with Cain? He pursues him, just as He’s pursued many of you reading this. God doesn’t leave us in our sin. Meditate on that truth and think about all the ways God has not abandoned you but…
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash My (Nate’s) hope/aim is to share a brief word each day from the passages I’ve read in my time with Jesus. This year I’m reading through the Bible. I did this for several years but in the last two years, I took a break and did a more concentrated reading through…
Photo by Ross Findon on Unsplash A couple weeks ago I met with a friend who recommended John Newton’s book, “Letters of John Newton.” John Newton was once a strong advocate for the slave trade and lived a deeply immoral life as a sailor. Through the gospel, Jesus saved John Newton and used his life in a remarkable…
Photo by Julio Rionaldo on Unsplash I don’t hate my sin like I know Jesus calls me to. I compare and contrast. I downplay. I fail to see at times the far-reaching effects of sin. I fail to see that just as God has created us as communal beings, my sin is also communal and has a negative…
Photo by Ben Wicks on Unsplash My bride and I love our kids. Honestly. We enjoy hugging and kissing them. We enjoy holding their hands, though they’re quickly seeing that I’m not nearly as cool as they once thought I was! We love seeing them smile and hearing them laugh. We love when they ask questions about Jesus,…
Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash So maybe the above picture is a little bit of an embellishment when seeking to describe the conflict that happens in a lot of marriages? Or maybe it isn’t? My bride and I are going on seventeen years of marriage and though there are many roads of conflict we have often traveled,…
