This is our third devotion, in a row, where we acknowledge and celebrate the Light of Christ. Image it’s sometime in the fall, around AD 29, and you are in Jerusalem preparing to celebrate Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. You are in the temple court attending a nightly ceremony where

The first verse of yesterday’s passage reminded us that God’s Word is a lamp to guide our steps, and His light illuminates the righteous path that He has planned for us (Ps. 119:105). In today’s passage, Paul reminds us that as believers, Jesus’ light shines in our hearts. Unfortunately, unbelievers

Most of you may know that Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, it contains 176 verses, those verses are divided into 22 stanzas, and each stanza is titled with a letter from the Hebrew alphabet. The title of today’s passage is the 14th letter of the Hebrew

As many of you know, Pastor Mary has been offering a six-week Bible study series titled, “The Inner Struggle for Holiness – A Focus on Faith, Fruit, Family, and Future”. This Wednesday night was week six of the study and the focus was on “Faithfulness”. During the study we connected

Earlier this week I mentioned that I’m finishing up, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, by Peter Scazzero, as it’s a required book for one of my college courses. In Chapter 7, Grow into an Emotionally Mature Adult, Learning New Skills to Love Well, Scazzero reminds his readers that “Jesus refused to separate

Friends, we live in world that struggles with equality, justice, and allegiance. The world also struggled in the first century during the time when Jesus gave His Sermon on the Plain as we see in today’s passage. Keep in mind, Judea was under Roman rule, and their political control brought