“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 (NIV) Jesus matched his heart...
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV) Making our way down a list of rules appeals to our pride; it...
When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” Then he went up and touched the coffin . . . . He said, “Young man, I say to you, get...
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.” Matthew 23:13...
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by Jon Walker · Published March 7, 2013 · Last modified March 6, 2013
Then he said to him, “Follow me!” John 21:19 (NIV) We believe God will forgive us; the problem, though, is we won’t forgive ourselves. Peter knew the feeling; he’d failed Jesus, so he went back to fishing....
For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Habakkuk 2:3 (NKJV) Perhaps the most powerful aspect of vision is that it changes your way...
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (NIV) Forgiving someone doesn’t mean you act like a doormat, allowing evil to run rampant in an abusive relationship. Forgiveness doesn’t...
Devotionals / Featured / Jon's Blog
by Jon Walker · Published February 18, 2013 · Last modified February 17, 2013
Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them! Matthew 5:3 (TEV) When Jesus says, “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom...
by Jon Walker · Published February 15, 2013 · Last modified February 14, 2013
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for...
by Jon Walker · Published February 13, 2013 · Last modified February 12, 2013
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) Read this as a prayer — In faith, I know this to be true:...