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DEVOTIONS HOME THANKFUL & SICK When was the last time you were thankful when you were sick? “Gee, honey, I have a 100-degree temperature, and a migraine headache. I feel so very thankful”. Those would not be the words coming from my mouth. No, you feel miserable and want nothing to do with anything or anyone. Jesus, in The Beatitudes, (Matt 5) uses the word, “Blessed”. Another word is “happy”, however, there is no “happy are the sick”. Yet, there…

DEVOTIONS HOME God Is Glorious “ The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” – Psalm 19:1 As we end our series on “Attributes of God”, it is only fitting that we finish with “God Is Glorious”. Why? Because every attribute of God and everything He has done or will do is glorious. How often do you take time to look around and experience God’s creation? In today’s world of technology, it is sometimes…

DEVOTIONS HOME ‘GOD IS HOLY’ HE IS PERFECT IN GOODNESS & RIGHTEOUSNESS HE IS INFINITELY, UNCHANGINGLY PERFECT “Isaiah 6:3” “Revelation 4:8” (Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.) AN EXPLANATION OF ‘HOLINESS’ FROM “BIBLE STUDY TOOLS (BST) and CROSSWALK STAFF”. “The word holy means sacred, set apart, revered, or divine. Of all of the attributes of God, holiness is the one that most uniquely describes Him and in reality is a…

DEVOTIONS HOME God is Loving [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Nothing God ever does, or ever did, or ever will do, is separate from the love of God.” – A.W Tozer[/perfectpullquote] The first letter of John to the churches defines love as being the primary attribute of God that we must embrace as we do life together. In 1 John 4:8, the loving character of God is defined: “Anyone who does not love does not know God, because…

DEVOTIONS HOME Grace! Have you ever been pulled over for speeding but the officer let you off with a warning? If it’s ever happened to you it’s shocking. You know you were speeding, so you’re just waiting for the officer to hand you the ticket. There is no excuse or reason you could possibly give that would get you out of the ticket. However, when the officer walks up to your window he doesn’t hand you a ticket, he says,…

DEVOTIONS HOME Lord, Have Mercy! [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). “The personal God has a heart” (Karl Barth).[/perfectpullquote] When I discovered that we were going to write about God’s attributes in 500-word devotionals, my first thought was, “Lord, have mercy!” That’s a prayer God delights to answer: “He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy” (Micah 7:18). There are several words in Scripture that…

DEVOTIONS HOME God is Just [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is He.” — Deut. 32:4 “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” –Mic 6:8 [/perfectpullquote] “That’s not fair.” — me…

DEVOTIONS HOME God is Good [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“ And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.’” – Mark 10:17-18[/perfectpullquote] When I was in high school, I had a teacher who would consistently ask me how…

DEVOTIONS HOME God Is Faithful [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 (NASB)[/perfectpullquote] It is hard for me to describe God’s faithfulness without talking about the other attributes being discussed through this study, and more. These are not independent attributes of God. There is not one that is greater than the rest. He is fully faithful, fully knowing, fully just,… What is faithfulness…

DEVOTIONS HOME The Wisdom of God [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]. . . the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.  James 3:17-18[/perfectpullquote] In the last six verses of James chapter 3, their is a description of two types of wisdom. James starts the passage with a question,…