Luke 3:1-20 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Better yet, read it in more than one translation. Read this passage over and over to keep from missing the details. God speaks to our hearts through His Word if we will dwell there. I can only touch on a few highlights here. As had been recorded in Isaiah hundreds of years earlier, John’s place in history
I am retired. Now I can spend more time writing – like I’ve wanted to do for years. Wheeeee! I’m freeeeeeee! I have lists of things I want to write about. A newspaper series Bible story books with illustrations Children’s magazine articles and puzzles Articles about family stories ………… I have numerous projects started and several blogs. Children’s book illustrated See my blogs on the lower right I have ideas of other things I want to write. Devotional books Consulting for people writing family heritage books ….. I have things I need to do to
John 5:39-40 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Better yet, read it in more than one translation. In this passage Jesus is talking to the Jews who were critical of Him and who would not believe his message. He was talking to people who knew the Scriptures, people who were diligent in studying them. Yet He was still critical of them because they would
James 5:13-18 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Verses 13-18 are about praying in faith. Books have been written on this subject, so I acknowledge that I am only able to touch a highlight or two today. James is reminding us to pray in every circumstance, not just when we feel desperate. We are called to offer prayers of rejoicing and praise as well as
2 Peter 3:8-10 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. When my daughter was very young I began reading Bible stories and children’s devotions to her at bedtime. I told her about heaven and that Jesus was going to come one day. I told her that there would be no pain and no tears in heaven. Due to the tension between her father and me,