Today's Devotions

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Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • Hope for Haiti +

    In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:5 Read More
  • Give My Soul Rest: the movie Avatar +

    Avatar, the 2009 movie by James Cameron, raised as much discussion and controversy through its piecemeal use of Native American, Read More
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SylviaListen to the Word of God for you in 1 Timothy 4:12. "Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity" (NKJV). And in Titus 2:7. "In everything set them an example by doing what is good."

Living for Christ is the overflow of living in Christ, loving as He loved, caring as He cared for people, being His hands, feet, and heart. Be blessed with being an example as you serve others. Find what God wants you to do and do it, led by Him. Be blessed with open eyes to opportunities to be about your Father's business. Know with your spirit which opportunities have your name on them. Be blessed to know when to be a part of God's divine appointments in other lives.

Listen to what Paul said to his Christian brothers in Philippians 2:17. "If I am
being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all." Be blessed with being poured out wine and broken bread to the tired and desperate, the thirsty and hungry, the hopeless and traumatized. Be blessed with empathy and passion, spending yourself to lift up the hurting and unfortunate. Be a measure of strength to those who are in hard times. Be infused with courage and boldness from God's Spirit in all difficulties. Be blessed to dwell in the brightness of God's presence so you can reflect His sunshine in dark places of loss and uncertainty.

Hear the Word of God for you in 2 Timothy 2:2. "The things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others." Be blessed in the stewardship that God has given you in 2 Timothy 2:2 to be a relay of truth. Be blessed as you pass on the baton of truth to faithful disciples who will multiply the message. Faithfully nurture and equip God's people. Hear from God who you are and what He has given you to do. Be blessed to fulfill it to the utmost.

Jesus said to his Father, "I have brought you glory here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do" (John 17:4). Be blessed with that being your testimony, that you have fulfilled everything your Father gave you to do and completed His work.

Be blessed in the name of the One who was always about His Father's business.

Reflections to Consider

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Publications

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Music

  • River of Love

    There's a river of love that runs through all timeBut there's a river of grief that floods through our livesIt Read More
  • I Am Nothing

    I stutter when I tryTo speak the language of lifeI want to shout out loudBut I just cry insideSometimes it Read More
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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Transforming this World: The Hope of Glory by NT Wright +

    Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows Read More
  • What is Good in a World that Defies Hope: a talk by NT Wright +

    This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic Read More
  • The Stream, the Lake and the River: NT Wright +

      Acts 2.1-21; John 7.37-39; a sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 11 May 2008, by the Read More
  • Jesus in the Perfect Storm by NT Wright +

    Zechariah 9.9-17; Luke 19.28-48; A sermon for Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, In the University Chapel of St Salvator, St Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Christ is a Great Savior: a review of the movie Amazing Grace +

    Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21 Read More
  • Wilberforce, Hollywood's Amazing Grace, Charlotte Allen +

    William Wilberforce's relentless campaign eventually led the British Parliament to ban the slave trade, in 1807, and to pass a Read More
  • Making Beauty out of Ugly Things: Grace by U2 +

    Grace, she takes the blame She covers the shame Removes the stain It could be her name Grace, she carries Read More
  • The True Nature of Grace and Love: a movie review of the Soloist +

    The 2009 movie The Soloist is based on a book by the same name, written by Los Angeles Times columnist Read More
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