Hebrews 13: 15 “through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-the fruit of lips that openly profess His name.” The phrase “sacrifice of praise” has been ringing in my ears and lingering in my thoughts for weeks. Over and over again I hear these words “sacrifice of praise” as I struggle to understand what the Lord is teaching me. And in true fashion, today He revealed it to me and even gave me a song to sing! No, don’t worry I will not record my voice and make you listen. I will, however, as part …
To choose or not to choose…
“He said it would be hard, but he didn’t know how hard it really would be.” These words came from the mouth of my Mother a few years after Daddy passed away. They had been married more than 50 years and now Mother was learning to live without him. She would have to start a new life apart from her beloved. They had discussed the possibilities of which one would go first, Daddy had decided Mother could handle being alone better than he could. In her words, she told me “he was wrong, he just didn’t know how hard it …
From Grace to Gratitude
Have you ever had a word from the Lord? I mean a literal word. As I was reading my Bible and several of my devotion books, the Lord kept showing me this one word. It seemed to keep popping out of the page into my face. That word was “gratitude”. And like most words I had to stop and think about what the word meant. Well, of course I know that it means being grateful or thankful. But I wanted to know more. What was it again; a feeling or expression of being thankful or appreciative. Hmmm, so being grateful …
Grace and the Good Girl
I was raised in a Christian home and became a Christian at the age of 12. I knew I loved Jesus but I did not have a full understanding of salvation. I tried very hard to live like a Christian but failed many times and still do. I tried to “be good” and by some accounts I was considered “a good girl”. I did not consider myself to be good enough so I tried to be perfect! I am not sure how I came to put this upon myself but for some reason I believed that I had to be …
An Intimate Moment on the Emmaus Road
Moments with the Savior By Ken Gire A reading from “An Intimate Moment on the Emmaus Road” Audio reading by Sandra Hardage
An Intimate Moment with Mary Magdalene
Moments with the Savior By Ken Gire A reading from “An Intimate Moment with Mary Magdalene” Audio reading by Sandra Hardage
An Intense Moment at Golgotha
Enjoy a reading from the book: Moments with the Savior Devotional by Ken Gire: “An Intense Moment at Golgotha”
The Sacrificial System
Hebrews 9: 26-29 “…He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.” God had created man in His image. His very presence was shared with His creation as He communed with Adam and Eve in the beautiful Garden of Eden. But when Adam and Eve made the choice to disobey God …
The Resurrected King
The Lamb of God was dead. He had been sacrificed as prophesied by Old Testament prophets. Everything seemed lost to the followers of Jesus. The disciples were scattered for fear the Romans would be coming after them. They were hidden from sight. The Messiah, the one they had followed and loved for three years was dead. Their understanding of what had just happened was null. Depression, fear, overwhelming despair, angry at themselves for not standing by Jesus were thoughts and feelings they now experienced. What would they do now? Where would they go? Would they be executed as Jesus had …
God’s Plan for Redemption
God wrote His story before creation came into being even before He created the heavens and the earth. Because God is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent He sees all, knows all, is everywhere at the same time and so powerful He can speak a word and it will be so. Because of who He is, God had a detailed plan to bring about the redemption of fallen man even before Adam and Eve were created and sinned in the Garden of Eden. It was God who planned to bring salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son. He determined the …
Psalms and The Prophets
Luke 24: 25-27 “Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Throughout the Old Testament and especially from Psalm to Malachi, God gave His people specific words to speak and write in prophecy of the coming Messiah. He would remind them of His covenant promise of salvation to come through the …
His Appointed Time
God’s divine plan had arrived to the appointed time on God’s calendar for the saving of the souls of man. He had designed a plan before the beginning of the creation of the heavens and the earth to show man what redemption from sin looks like. He had designed every detail. From the creation of Adam and Eve, down through history God was showing man what was required to receive forgiveness of sin. The Bible records verse after verse of instructions for worshipping and pleasing God and points directly to the coming of His Messiah Jesus Christ for redemption of …