Tag: comfort
Put One Foot in Front of the Other (How to move forward after a suicide)
Yesterday morning I was working at the office when the email came. The brief message began with these words… It is with a sad heart that [we inform you that] one of our own students took their life last night. My jaw dropped. My heart broke. My mind immediately went to the parents, to the…
Would I Fit In?
If you love Jesus, love others, and love the truth, then you will fit in just fine! But here are just a few things to be aware of.
December 1 – 1 Corinthians (part 2) – Don’t Divorce
Reading 1 Cor. 5:1-11:16 Devotional In today’s reading, Paul instructs the Corinthian Christians about a number of subjects, including holy living, dealing with sinful brethren, judging disputes, not suing one another, marriage, eating of meat that was sacrificed to idols, individual rights, preaching the gospel, and roles of men and women. For today’s devotional, I…
September 12 – Effectively Comforting the Grieving
Reading Job 15:1-17:16 Devotional Now that all three of Job’s friends have had their say—each accusing Job of hiding some secret sin for which he is being punished—and Job has insisted that he is innocent, you would think that these friends would try and comfort him. But they don’t. Eliphaz starts back up with his…
September 8 – Job’s Great Loss
Reading Job 1:1-3:26 Devotional Today we begin reading the account of Job. Our reading will be taken from the book of Job through the next ten days. It is uncertain when the book of Job was written, but the man Job lived a long, long time ago, hundreds of years before Abraham. Job is referred…
Top 10: Reasons I Look Forward to Heaven
I don’t know anything that is more encouraging than thinking about and anticipating heaven. Here are my top ten reasons why I’m looking forward to heaven. July 2017 Note: I first created this top ten list in mid-2011. Time and continued study and growth has changed my list somewhat. Here is my updated list. April…
July 12 – Isaiah Prophesies GOD’s Message of Comfort
Reading Isa. 40:1-41:10 Devotional With Manasseh in control, the future of Judah is sealed. His great wickedness is provoking GOD to bring about the destruction long-foretold, even as far back as Moses. Isaiah now focuses his message on the future events which are coming in order to show that it is GOD who is bringing…
