Posts with the tag “journal-guide”

[Daily Journal] John 7:37-38 - What an awesome promise from Jesus in today's verses.   Read More

[Daily Journal] Mark 8:34 - Dive into this verse in your alone time with God.  Read More

[This Week] Hebrew 12:28 - Have you ever considered writing a love letter to God?  Read More

[Encountering The Father] Ezekiel 22:30 - How do we live in the gap?  Read More

[Daily Journal] Matthew 16:13-17  Read More

[Daily Journal] Revelation 7:9 - Who is Jesus to you?   Read More

[Daily Journal] John 6 - Jesus challenges the faith of the crowd and our faith as well.  Read More

[This Week] Colossians 3:1-4 - Set your sights on the horizon.  Read More

[Encountering The Father] 1 Corinthians 5:17 - Look back at your week and see how you have encountered God.  Read More

[Daily Journal] Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God.  Read More

[Daily Journal] Mark 6 - Jesus uses the storm to teach us deep spiritual truths.  Read More

[Daily Journal] Luke 8:22-25 - Jesus uses boats and storms to challenge our faith today.  Read More

[Encountering The Father] Genesis 2:3 - How many times is God calling us to just be with him?  Read More

[Daily Journal] Ephesians 3:20-21 -Take a few minutes to reflect on these crescendo verses.  Read More

[Daily Journal] Matthew 13:3, 10-12 - The question today is: "Do you have ears to hear?"   Read More

[Daily Journal] Colossians 1:9 - Walk through this prayer from Paul and apply it to your own life.   Read More

[This Week] Psalm 136:23 - We look ahead to the week in remembrance of God and his unfailing love for us.   Read More

[Daily Journal] Romans 15:13 - Our hope begins with God, is created by God, and it comes from God as our source. . .   Read More

[Daily Journal] John 1:35-39 - "Come and see." What a great invitation from Jesus as he extends that to us today. . .  Read More

[Daily Journal] Matthew 3:13-17 - The question is, “Why?” Why was Jesus baptized? . . .  Read More

[This Week] Philippians 4:8 - Today, I realized that I need new brake pads and rotors. . .  Read More

[Encountering The Father] 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 - As Christians, godly love is a skill. And it is a skill that we need to strengthen with daily practice. . .  Read More

[Daily Journal] John 1:1-4 - We have to know WHO Christ IS to know who saved us for eternal life. . .  Read More

[Daily Journal] Philippians 2:12(b)-13 - We have a part in showing the results of our salvation. . .  Read More

[Daily Journal] Hebrews 4:14-16 - We have got to come before our great High Priest, . . .  Read More

[DAY 5. Encountering The Father] Psalm 39:7 - Growing up, my dad used to tell me that a man has nothing if he doesn’t have hope. . .  Read More

[Daily Journal] Hebrews 10:24-25 - I was thinking about how important it is to lock arms with a fellow Christ-follower or two or three and follow Jesus together. . .  Read More

[Daily Journal] 2 Corinthians 3:18 - “As we behold,” as we are “consumed with” the glory of who Jesus Christ is as the exalted risen Lord . . .  Read More

[Daily Journal] Mathew 22:35-39 - Our God is a relational God. God created Mankind in order to have relationship with us. . .  Read More

The Disciples are eating the Passover meal that was designed to teach Israel about the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. And so, now Jesus, THE Passover Lamb, is eating Passover with the Disciples. Jesus Christ IS our Passover Lamb.   Read More

John Chapter 13 begins what we know as the Last Supper. Perhaps more importantly, it is the beginning of the Upper Room Discourse. The Gospel of John has an incredible set of chapters from 13 to 17, and this is the most condensed and intense teaching that Jesus gave to his Disciples. . . .  Read More

Join Pastor Dave as we meditate on John 12:23-26 in our Tuesday Passion Week Devotion. Grab your Alone with God Journal, or any journal, and your Bible, and spend some time 'alone with God' this morning.  Read More

Sometimes, I wonder when Jesus carried the Cross to his final moments; I wonder if the smell of the wood made him homesick. I wonder if it reminded him of his childhood or made his heart ache for Joseph, his earthly father, in the same way a smell can bring us back to a memory or a moment in time. . .  Read More

Sometimes, it seems like things are just not going right. But we don’t have the big picture. In fact, we can’t have the big picture. What do we do when we don’t know what to do? What do we focus on when there are so many concerns? How can we ‘keep it together' when it all seems to be unraveling? One of God's answers is in Romans 12:12.  Read More

I went to the fair this weekend, and I found myself wandering around the baking competition tables because that is my favorite part of the fair. And, as I tasted samples of brownies, and cookies, and apple pies, I started thinking about judgment because what else do you do at a fair besides think about judgment?  Read More

Paul prays that The God of glorious unlimited resources will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit, through his Holy Spirit. Then Christ will take up residence, make his home in your hearts AS you trust in him. . .  Read More

Friday is a great day to look back over the week and say, “God, what did you point out to me? What do I remember? Do I remember anything about my time alone with God this week?” We want to be able to look back and say, “Man. This was a great day. That was a great day with God.”   Read More

Even in anxiety and grief, the Lord is with us. He is our Shield and the Lifter of Our Head.   Read More

Agape love is the supernatural love of God, living through your life to others for the good of others, expecting nothing in return.  Read More

In this battle that we are waging in order to live in agape love, we don’t fight with more effort. We don’t fight with psychology. We don’t fight with religion. We don’t with cleaning ourselves up or trying harder. We fight with God’s divine power.  Read More