And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 1 John 2:28 (NIV) PART 2 – Abide Go to PART 1 >> Now that we have been reborn, abide. Abide means to “continue, endure, remain...
We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! But for...
And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 1 John 2-28 (NIV) PART 1 – Born Again John LOVES using “dear children” as a greeting to those he wrote to, and he’s not being...
And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ Luke 15:6 (NKJV) In studying for this devotion around this beautiful parable, I came across all this amazing research and...
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. Prov 3:27 (NIV) A few months back, I was watching my 5yr old son in a swim class while my daughter was busy making friends with EVERYONE at the pool. She walked up to one group of mums...
How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 36:7 (NIV) It’s a phrase we use. “To take someone under our wing” means to take care of someone is such a way that you pay close attention to them, teach them, pull them...
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. Psalm 36:6 (NIV) Oceans Deep The righteousness David is describing here is something that belongs to God. He’s not talking about our...
Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Psalm 36:5 (NIV) When David wrote this Psalm, the highest height he knew was what he saw when he looked straight up – the heavens. When he was describing the love and faithfulness of God,...
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Phil 1:21 (NIV) Paul was in his early 30’s when he was knocked to the ground and blinded on-route to Damascus. For 30 years, he had lived life one way. He persecuted Christians, tried them in court, signed their death...
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:17 (NIV) I was driving my son to school the other day along a road that winds through some bushland that is being turned into a housing estate. We came upon a...
