🌿Breathe Truth🌿 “Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, ‘He told me everything I ever did!  When they came out to see Him, they begged Him to stay in their village.  So He stayed for two days, long enough for many more to hear His message and believe.”  —John…

🌿Breathe Truth🌿 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.  The law of Moses says to stone her.  What do you say?” They kept demanding an answer, so He stood up and said “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone.” —John 8:4,…

🌿Breathe Truth🌿 “O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed;  if you save me, I will be truly saved.  My praises are for you alone.”  —Jeremiah 17:14 ”Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name is Jairus, arrived.  When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, pleading fervently with him.…

🌿Breathe Truth🌿 “Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:  The faithful love of the Lord never ends!   His mercies never cease.   Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin every afresh every morning.” —Lamentations 3:21-23   🌿Believe Truth🌿 No matter how yesterday flourished, felt, or failed you, each day begins anew. Every…

Jesus as God and man.  The divinity and the humanity.  A joint adventure and venture of heaven and earth. In John 2:1-5, we are invited to peer into and visit the wedding and marriage at Cana.  Mary, Jesus, and Jesus’ friends, the disciples, are in attendance.  All is well until the wine supply runs out…

“What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceived you?  How foolish to trust in your own creation.   What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols, ‘Wake up and save us!’   To speechless stone images you say, ‘Rise up and teach us!’  Can an idol tell you…

Differing forces tug, pull, and fight against our efforts to remain true to God and to the character He desires for us. “We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.”  —2 Chronicles 32:8 Joseph battled in three venues.  His family, his personal life, and his public life. His family.…

Intentional faith helps us to encounter what lies ahead, in familiar and unfamiliar terrains, and transforms our future for God’s glory. As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road.  When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening.   They told him that Jesus the Nazarene…

Where we put our trust and hope for our lives determine how we grow, under what conditions, and what keeps us thriving. “Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.   They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the…

Along our journey with Jesus, life doesn’t necessarily get easier. But it does become more meaningful. We learn there are people who should have left our lives a long time ago.  Who don’t help us in our walk with God.  If anything, they hurt instead of heal.   They take the best of us. What…