“‘Surely not, Lord!’ Peter replied. ‘I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.’ The voice spoke to him a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’” (Acts 10:14–15, NIV84) The Gentile soldier, Cornelius, had had the vision that he needed to send messengers to Peter. At the same time, Peter was […]
10/13/2022 Daily Devotion – Fishing for men is our job, but Jesus does the work!
“Even though everything within Peter’s being was telling Him this didn’t make sense, he still did what the Master asked.”
10/12/2022 Daily Devotion – Like Jesus, we must make the time for the most important things in life!
“If it was necessary for Jesus to find solitary time to communicate with God the Father, how much more it must be a necessity for you and me.”
10/28/2020 Daily Devotion – What’s your vocation?
“Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.” (1 Corinthians 7:17 NIV84) When I read this verse I remember my studies of Martin Luther on the Christian’s vocation. “Vocation” is […]
10/21/2020 Daily Devotion – It’s not yours!
“For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?” (1 Corinthians 4:7 NIV84) Here we have a verse with all questions. For me, the second question is the most striking. “What do […]
