'optimist' Tagged Posts (Page 2)

'optimist' Tagged Posts (Page 2)

Daily Devotions: March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018                                                                                                                        Psalm 19:7-14 … “The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple;” vs. 7 We Christians are a silly bunch sometimes. Having fallen in love with grace as the loving word from God, we are prone to be dismissive about the law. Often we imagine that the coming of Jesus negated the law of the Lord and that in Christ we are free simply…

Daily Devotions: February 28, 2018

February 28, 2018                                                                                                     Psalm 19:1-6 … “There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.” vss. 3-4a Even though the psalmist likely believed that the earth was flat, his sense of God’s majesty is deep and profound. As he looked up into the heavens he realized that God was more than he could even imagine. By the light…

Daily Devotions: February 27, 2018

February 27, 2018                                                                                               Exodus 20:12-17 … “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” vs. 17 The people of God have long agreed that there are ten commandments, though most would be hard-pressed to list them in the proper order. And there’s considerable debate about which commandments should be included in the list of ten. Most folks…

Daily Devotions: February 26, 2018

February 26, 2018                                                                                                   Exodus 20:1-11 … “Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work…” vss. 8-10  The commandment on the sabbath doesn’t seem as significant as some of the others. We can understand the restriction on graven images as idolatry was always a temptation for God’s people. And it seems obvious…

Daily Devotions: February 25, 2018

February 25, 2018                                                                                                     Mark 8:34-38…“He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ’If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.’” vs. 34 It’s become quite common in these times for people to identify themselves as followers of Jesus. For some, it’s a way to disassociate themselves from some of the negativity connected with the current depictions of Christianity as a political or nationalistic movement. In their…

Daily Devotions: February 24, 2018

February 24, 2018                                                                                                     Mark 8:31-33…“He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.” vs. 32 As Mark took time to write his little account of Jesus’ ministry, he was careful to let his readers know that Jesus was quite open in talking about the suffering that awaited him, but the disciples had been reluctant to listen. They had their own expectations about how the journey would transpire and they weren’t about to consider…
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