Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
The Lord is the Portion of My Inheritance The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, And He is my cup. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, And He is my cup. Thou wilt show me the path of life; Thy presence is fullness of joy. At Thy right hand there are pleasures […]
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I want to give a follow-up word on the word I shared the last time from Psalm 73. We were talking about those times in our spiritual life when, because of the intensity of the battle, our hearts fail. There is a great verse in 2Timothy 2:13, that says even if we believe not, He
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Psalm 73:26 says my flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. That is a powerful verse that reminds us of several very important things. For one, it reminds us that in this fallen world there are times when we grow weary and our hearts
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Acts 17:28 for in Him we live and move and have our being…. The phrase “have our being” could simply be translated “are” or “become.” Only In Christ are we fully alive, and become who we were created to be. Colossians says that our Life is hidden with Christ In God. I often hear people,
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1Tim. 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 2Tim. 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. Living a life of faith can be a real fight
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John 3:31 “He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. John 4:7 There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” When you approach life; that
Jn.4:31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him
John 3:7 There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” As we said before, Jesus wasn’t looking to just satisfy her thirst for love; He was asking her to satisfy His thirst for love. That was the drink He was asking her to give Him. He was
In John chapter 4 we find the Samaritan woman just living another day like every other day, full of fear, guilt, and shame. Her daily routine involved every day going to the well at noon to draw water for her and her household. As far as she knew, there was nothing special about this day,
When you think back over your life, what marks you? What, in your mind is the headline, front page story that tags and dominates your story. I’ve thought about the woman at the well, and King David. I wonder if when David looked back over his life did he feel that the Bathsheba failure was
