Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
Psalms 34:1 I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 97:1 The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;Let the many islands be glad. Psalms 97:2 Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. It’s so easy to believe God, […]
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John 15:14 “You are My friends if you do what I command you. John 15:15 “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
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Have you ever noticed that sometimes there are days that can only be called “Evil Days.” You know, those days when it seems like your flesh is on steroids. The temptation to sin is intense and the victories you’ve been celebrating seem like like a distant memory. Just when you thought you had made significant
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“Problems are just opportunities dressed up in overalls.” I learned that little phrase many years ago, and it has always stuck with me. The Lord loves to show off. He loves to put us in situations that only He can overcome. It reveals His ability, and reminds us of our utter dependency. His adequacy is
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1 Timothy 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. I’ve always loved these verses from 1Tim.6. So many Christians have been robbed of just the wonder of what it means to be
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Eph. 1:18, I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance
Jn. 19:17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. Is. 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a
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“Arma Christi” means “weapons of Christ,” and is an ancient phrase used to describe the the different items that touched Jesus during His “way of the Cross.” Things like the whip that scourged Him, the crown of thorns, the nails, the sponge that held the wine and vinegar, the spear that pierced His side, and
When we think about the scourging of Christ, it is amazing how much people know about it, though so little about it is spoken of in Scripture. Most people who call themselves Christians have seen paintings, or heard sermons, or have seen movies, especially recent ones, that depict the scourging of the Lord. The movie
Matt. 26:36 Then Jesus *came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He *said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to
