Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
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,
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
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
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
When you look at the book of Joel and see God’s burning heart to see the people restored to a people of true adorers, the first thing you notice is that God purposely addresses the elders and ministers. God is calling the leaders back to a first commandment life. He is calling them to burn
I leave for Spain today so I don’t know if I will be able to post devotionals or not. I will if I can. Will be back next saturday. “If you’re thirsty, you may drink.” They were the first words she had heard since Scrubb had spoken to her on the edge of the cliff.
Joel 1:5 ¶ Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips. It took me a few weeks contemplating this verse to understand what the Holy Spirit was saying. The context of Joel is much like Zephaniah. Judah
In Joel 1:13 the Lord admonishes the spiritual leaders to lie all night before Him in sackcloth. Judah was in a place where their hearts had become complacent toward Him, and He was looking for a remnant who would start mourning (longing) for Him again. Sackcloth was the clothing of a mourning, or a repentant
God has called us to live a life of encounter. Encounter comes a result of wholeheartedness. The Lord tells us that if we seek Him we will find Him if we seek Him with all of our heart. To find Him is to encounter Him, and to encounter Him is to changed and to be
