Devotions

Matthew 5-6 Read these two chapters now with the BIBLE READER to the right of this post or at http://www.biblegateway.com/ . They're definitely worth checking out, they just might of been my favorite chapters to read! They read easy, with few big words :) So check 'em out! SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THINK ABOUT. Today's reading is hard to put into a clean cut devotion. There's SO much going on, and SO many good verses and lessons... I don't know what to pick. But perhaps the thing that really jumped out at me was when Jesus was talking about how we should think on certain subjects, like divorce, adultery, and how we should look at life. It was really tough to read, I think. Because every time Jesus said "Don't do this" I've done it. Jesus said that if you even THINK about being angry, you're a sinner. You're a sinner if you have ever looked at someone lustfully. Or if you divorce. Or if you tell people that you're doing community service! Y...

Samuel 8-11 Who do you think you pray to? As we are all aware of... there are several different religions in the world today. Every religion branches out into hundreds of other religions... and so on and so fourth. Therefore, there are jillions of people out there who DON'T pray to our God, the Father of Jesus, the creator. Differences are good sometimes. It's good for everyone to have different opinions, so the world becomes well rounded. Opinions can differ... and that can be a very good thing. But what about facts ? What about things that we know in our hearts are right, and we see several people every single day that simply are unaware of the truth? For example, (you guessed it,) Christians. We see tons of people who either don't know about Jesus, or know about Him, but refuse to believe in Him. That's what happened in today's reading. Read it, if you haven't already. Only four short chapters. So, Samuel is the judge of the land, and in case you don't k...