Archive for March 2023
S175P5 – Filling the empty space: service
2 Cor. 9:10-13 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this…
Read MoreS175P4 – Filling the empty space: praise
Psa. 34:1-3 I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. David’s life certainly was a roller…
Read MoreS175P3 – Filling the empty space: fellowship
Heb. 10:23-25 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the…
Read MoreS175P2 – Filling the empty space: prayer
Pro. 15:29; 8:17 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous. [He] love[s] those who love [Him], and those who seek [Him] diligently will find [Him]. If you ever have tried to have a conversation with someone who has nothing to say, or if you have been the…
Read MoreA crisis of identity
On a recent mission trip, I was asked to lead a morning devotional for a youth group outing. Being young and impressionable, at that stage of life when one must figure out who one is, I knew that I wanted to speak to these kids about identity. I reviewed scriptures I knew on the subject,…
Read MoreS175P1 – Filling the empty space: the word
1 Pet. 1:22-2:3 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because “All flesh is as…
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