Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
Jn.4:7, There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” The story of the woman at the well isn’t just the story of Jesus quenching her thirst for love; but it is also the story of her quenching His thirst for love. At the cross Jesus cried out […]
Col. 1:10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; Col. 1:13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, It’s
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Heb. 1:3 He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished
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Ecclesiastes 3:11 says that He makes everything beautiful in its time. Sometimes we are like impatient children who demand an answer immediately, but God’s infinite wisdom transcends our temporal demands for understanding. It scares us to not be in control, and our fear-driven desire to know and understand everything, is an expression of unbelief that
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Jn.4:1-4 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), 3 He left Judea and went away again into Galilee. 4 And He had to pass through Samaria. According to Jn.1:18, Jesus came to reveal the truth
Isn’t it interesting that after the woman at the well encountered Jesus, and the goodness of God released through Him, she was no longer controlled by fear, or the fear of men’s rejection; instead she was controlled by the love of Christ. She had drunk deeply from the living water that Jesus offered as a
Heb.11:6, “He God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” The Christian life is live by faith. Both the Old and the new New Testament that fact clearly. Hebrews 11:6 starts off by letting us know that without faith it’s impossible to please God; therefore, it
Jn.3:33, He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. The testimony of Jesus was the
Jn.19:28, Jesus knew that His mission was accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said: “I am thirsty.” 30When He had sipped the sour wine He said, “It is finished, My bride!” 34But one of the soldiers took a spear and pierced Jesus’ side, and blood and water gushed out! When Jesus said “It
I’ve Seen The Face of Jesus by W. Spencer Walton “I’ve seen the face of Jesus… He smiled in love on me; It filled my heart with rapture, my soul with ecstasy. The scars of deepest anguish … were lost in glory bright; I’ve seen the face of Jesus … it was a wondrous sight!
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