• Devotions

    Spending Time With God

     And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. Mark 1:35   Read the following passages and then answer the following questions.  2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,  that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”  Psalm 119: 103-105, “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore, I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a…

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    Unburdened

    And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. Mark 1:35 What is a relationship in your life you’ve seen grow as you’ve intentionally devoted time to that relationship? Every relationship grows in direct proportion to the amount of time we invest in that relationship.  Guess what?  It is the same way with our relationship with Jesus.  The desire of our hearts when we follow Christ should be one that wants to be like him.  There is no substitution for time spent alone with God.  IF you have developed a regular Bible time with God,…

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    Connecting With Others

    The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.  When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.  Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”  They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”   “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”  So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.   Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.  The first thing Andrew did was…