Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
Forty years ago today my Father passed away. I was 19 years old, and I still remember how disoriented I felt the evening that he died. He was a very kind man who lived a broken life because of a broken childhood and the effects of war. It was a very pivotal moment in my […]
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Samson was committed by his parents to a Nazarite devotion even before his birth. Normally a Nazarite vow was taken voluntarily for a short period of time as a special devotion to God, but Samson’s Nazarite devotion was to be for his entire life. His long hair was a sign of his commitment to God
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When Jehoshaphat became king it says about him in 2 Chronicles 17:6, “his heart soared in the ways of the Lord and again removed the high places and the Asherim from Judah.” I love that description of him, and have made that a personal prayer and quest, that my heart would soar in the ways
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Other than Mary, and Mary wife of Clopas (Jesus’ Aunt) no one stood at the foot of the Cross until Mary Magdalene, and John showed up. What prompted these two to come so close. Mary Magdalene had been observing from a distance with other women, and John had fled along with all the other Apostles.
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Everything in this life is so unpredictable, and the potential for breath taking pain is always so real because everything that’s precious to us is so temporal. This devotional is called One Thing, because like David in Psalm 27, we are called to live a One Thing life seeking His presence, and beholding His beauty.
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Zephaniah is about God bringing jealous judgement on Judah because their hearts are languishing toward Him, and they have become indifferent toward God. God’s discipline directed toward His people is always about His longing and jealous heart removing all hindrances to love, and hopefully awakening love in a remnant that will once again long for
I have been thinking about Mary Magdelen’s initial encounter with Jesus and how it changed her life forever. If you remember from Luke 7 Jesus is having dinner at one of the Pharisee’s house. At some point Mary Mag. the prostitute comes into the Pharisee’s house and begins to weep in the presence of Jesus,
One Thing 7/23/12 Read More »
Today is the Feast of Mary Magdelen. She is such a hero to me and to anyone who longs to live a life of lovesickness. I believe that no one ever loved Jesus more than she did. Her very first encounter with Jesus captured and captivated her heart forever. Mark 14 says that we are
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How much would someone give for love, true, epic, life transforming love. S.S. 8, says a man would give all the treasures of his whole house. That means everything in his life. He would give it all to be loved like that. The Lord said such a gift would be utterly despised, because it still
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Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God.” One of the things that always happens to me when I get still and linger in His presence is that I’m reminded that He is God. “In His light, we see light.” In other words, in His presence everything clears up. At His footstool
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