Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
Col. 3:2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Mark 9:35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” We are called to live our lives in Christ in […]
Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The space between longing and realizing is The Valley of Decision. Those longings and heart cries to go to the next place in the things of God, are birthed in us by the
Song of Solomon 5:2 “I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.’ 3 “I have taken off my dress, How can I
Song 4:1 ¶ “How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead. As you may already know, a Mourning Dove will only have one mate. They have singular devotion to just one.
Song 4:1 ¶ “How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead. Those “Taken Ones” who have sealed their hearts for love; those who have said yes to God’s cry, “Seek My
Song 1:2 ¶ “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. Wine in the Song of Solomon always speaks all pleasures, good or bad, that brings “gladness of heart.” The word “mouth” can also be translated as “commandment.” There is a heart cry here by the
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, Rom. 6 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so
John 14:29 “Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. John 14:30 “I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; John 14:31 but so that the world may know that I love the
It’s not that Jesus isn’t big enough for each temptation and situation; it’s just that we aren’t small enough to trust Him. We waste so much time not depending on Him, and exhausting ourselves by our own sincere best effort. That’s the way lost people live; doing there best. Becoming a Christian doesn’t mean that
Psa. 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. Ezek. 43:2 and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone
