And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt? And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness? And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that… Read More
Colossians 2:9-10 Ultimate Ruler
Our God reigns. Colossians 2:9-10 (New Living Translation) For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. Colossians 2:9-10 (The Message) Everything of God gets expressed in him [Christ], so… Read More
Is your default setting a heart of stone?
For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. Matthew 13:15 (NIV) If you are a Bible reader, you will recognize both descriptions of humankind below:… Read More
Colossians 2:9-10 One God in three persons
Father, Son, Holy Spirit — One God “But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to… Read More
Aggressively forgiven
. . . if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but… Read More
Colossians 2:8-9 Empty human traditions and superstitions
I remember the song from the 1960s, “If that’s all there is, then let’s keep dancing; let’s break out the booze and have a ball … if that’s all there is.” And even though my teenage years were full of fast ascents to mountaintops followed by equally-as-fast descents to the bottomless pit, I knew it… Read More
Feeling inadequate? Pray to the Great I Am
This is a guest blog from my brother Dave Huizenga, pastor of Bridgewood Church in Savage, MN. This is a repeat of his February 25, 2013 Daily Devotional. If you are interested in signing up for his daily devotionals to be sent to your email, please go to: http://www.bridgewood.org/latest-updates/daily-devotional Jesus told him, “I am the way, the… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 