Explore the Gospel of Mark

“This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.” – Mark 1:1 (New Living Translation) The opening line of the Gospel of Mark sets both the tone and the pace for one of the most action-packed depictions of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ offered through the Gospels.  While Mark’s [...]

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Christian Voices of Inspiration

Some of my favorite Christian authors include some great voices of inspiration. Here is a short list of some of my favorite choices: Watchman Nee Oswald Chambers C.H. Spurgeon John C. Maxwell Andrew Murray Naturally, I could have added myself but I am not like that.  Am I? Additionally, I love reading books by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, E.M. [...]

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Devoted to Daily Devotion

“Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.” -Mark 1:35-37 “In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.”  Psalm 5:3 What is your morning ritual? [...]

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Develop Your Daily Devotion

Daily devotion should have a mantra that reads something like this: You start with intention and seek intimacy with God.  That would pretty much summarize your objective in a nutshell.  You have to keep the objective in mind in order to identify, track and assess your progress towards reaching that objective. Intention For your daily [...]

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Poet or Psalmist

I  will sing a new song to you, O God; . . .I will make music to you- Psalm 144:9 (NIV) Poet or psalmist? Which is it? Oh, yeah… spoken word, poetry or psalms? Today, much like in the past ages, people are caught up in titles.  They live by labels.  For some people, they are precisely [...]

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Eat Like Ezekiel

And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel.” So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill [...]

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Followers of the Master

“You can’t be like everyone else and follow Him”- dc Talk Toby Mac and Michael Tait teamed up beyond music to deliver a message through Jesus Freaks. I love this book. It’s like a mix of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and a sprinkling of Outreach Magazine and Relevant. Here are some other titles that may [...]

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Family Matters

Blood is thicker than water.  Family has its good and bad. It even has its “for better or worse.”  Family can lift you up or leave you high and dry.  Family is depicted in the Bible with numerous situations.  Think about it.  David and Jonathan were more than friends.  Jonathan was David’s brother-in-law since David was wed [...]

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Don’t Rob God

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.  Malachi 3:8 (KJV)     Recently, I took some serious devotional and Bible study time to read Malachi. That’s a major undertaking when you consider what the Lord has to say through Malachi [...]

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Patience as a problem

Patience is more than endurance.- Oswald Chambers Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.- James 1:3 (ASV) Patience can present a problem. Patience becomes a problem when it leads to pitfalls. You have to be careful to exercise patience to the right degree in the right situation. Do not allow your patience to [...]

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