In the Gospel of Mark we read that people brought Jesus a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and begged Jesus to heal him. Before healing the man Jesus looked up to heaven sighed, said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). The man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. Jesus,…
Read MoreFor the last couple of months, it seems like the enemy has been raining on our parade. Jesus said “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, and the winds blew and beat against that house;…
Read MoreOn Tuesday May 26th the scripture reading in my Daily Devotional was from 2 Samuel 7:18. “Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, ‘Who am I, Sovereign Lord and what is my family that you have brought me this far?” King David prayed these words when he learned that…
Read MoreIt seems like everywhere we turn we hear about the “new normal”. In the Bible we are told “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9)” I think I will pass on the “new normal” because I wasn’t impressed with…
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