Devot. Jesus Christ: Creator

Dear Friends,

I hope you have had a very good week!  The devot. for today focuses on another title of Jesus-Creator. 

I pray it is a blessing to your weekend!   Lord bless you! 

Devotional used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

December 27, 2012 Jesus Christ: Creator "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him." (Colossians 1:16)   The Old Testament uses several names for the One who created. For example: "For thus saith the LORD |i.e., Jehovah| that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it" (Isaiah 45:18). But the New Testament leaves no doubt as to who the Creator is.   Today’s verse states it clearly. The "him" in context is the Father’s "dear Son" (v. 13) who shed "his blood" (v. 14). Similarly, the favorite passage in John 1:3 identifies Christ as the Creator: "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." "He was in the world, and the world was made by him" (v. 10). "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" (v. 14). No member of the human race nor member of the Trinity fits this description except Jesus Christ. "God . . . hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds" (Hebrews 1:1-2).   Jesus Christ is the Creator, and once He put on human form, His creative abilities continued to find application. Several of His miracles involved creation out of nothing. Note the feeding of the five thousand (John 6:10-11), the transformation of water into wine (John 2:9-11), and bringing life from non-life--the raising of Lazarus (John 11:43-44), just to name a few.   Perhaps the most important creative act of Christ is one He performs on repentant sinners every day. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17). JDM

 

Devot. Comfort from the Empty Tomb

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you have had a awesome week and are enjoying this beautiful spring weather.  Praise the Lord for the beauty of the earth!

 

Here is a short devot. that offers comfort from the view of the empty tomb.   

 

Pray it blesses you.   Lord bless you and keep you this weekend.

 

Devot. https://www.intouch.org/read/comfort-from-the-empty-tomb  (Used by permission.  Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

Devot. The Impact of the Empty Tomb

Hi Folks,

I hope you had a blessed Resurrection Sunday!  

I am going to share a devot. on the impact the empty tomb made on the lives of 5 groups of people:
The Roman soldiers who were stationed at the tomb, The Priests, Pilate, The Women who were followers of Jesus, and how the empty tomb effects us today.

It's a bit of a long devot., but after much searching I really felt this was the devot. I should send.   Take a section a day to read this week-the soldiers today, the priests tomorrow etc....

Lastly, I have included a song link that is a favorite "Resurrection Season" song of mine.  
It is powerful in lyrics and music, so I hope it is a blessing.

Lord bless you and yours this week!

Devot. http://www.icr.org/ChristEmptyTomb/  (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxaAmNuL7BU   (P.S. The title "It is Finished means, "Paid in Full" in Greek.   Keep this in mind as you listen and think of what Jesus did for you.

Devot. Behold the Lamb

Hi Folks,

I hope you had a great Resurrection week! 

The devot. for today touches on the previous posted devot. and describes a little more of Jesus as being "The Lamb" in Scripture and also mentions Passover. 

I have included a song link called "When I See the Blood."  It talks about God "passing over" (from the word "Passover") our sins when He sees that we have been covered in the blood of Jesus (received Him as Savior and way to get to Heaven).

The link is a children's choir singing the hymn, but they do a very good job:)   I have also included a link for words so you can have a visual.

I pray you have a very blessed week!

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/7288  (Used by permission.    Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm17TenD2ks    

Song Lyrics: http://www.hymnary.org/text/christ_our_redeemer_died_on_the_cross

Devot. Thy Precious Blood

Hi Folks,

I hope you had a good weekend!   Today is another Easter devot. highlighting a characteristic/or title of Jesus.
In the New Testament He is called "The Lamb" in several places (John 1:29, Revelation 6:16, 12:11, 17:14, 22:3)
 and in the Old Testament Isaiah 53 describes  the coming Savior's death and refers to Him as 'a lamb [going to] to slaughter.'    Jesus went willingly, never protesting, as the devot. shows in one of the Scripture passages.

Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22 are remarkable chapters of Scripture.   They specifically refer to the death of someone, by crucifixion (esp. Psalm 22), hundreds of years before crucifixion was invented by the Romans.   Other details in the passage show very clearly that this is a prophecy of Jesus's death.

Here is another example of the Bible being accurate, as I was sharing last week.
Isaiah was written over 700 years before Jesus came, but what was predicted (how the coming Saviour would die) came true to the letter in Jesus.

I would encourage you to read either of these chapters of Scripture sometime this week, in preparation for Good Friday.  
If you have a chance to go to a Good Friday service or Passion play-a reenactment of Jesus death and resurrection-go.   These are the type of activities that I purposely attend to get my heart in the right spot, de-clutter my head from the business around me, and re-cultivate a grateful heart for what Jesus did me me (us).


In addition to the devot. below, Isaiah 53/Psalm 22 Scripture links, I have included a link of some ideas to make the True Meaning of Easter come alive to the young ones in your life if you're a grandparent, parent, aunt/uncle or Sunday School teacher.   Feel free to pass it along to anyone that it may be helpful to!

Lastly, I have included a petition link for an American Pastor, Andrew Brunson, who has been wrongfully imprisoned.  
He has been in prison 6 months due to a false charge.   Even his daughter's wedding  has had to be postponed while they await her dad's release.   When you get time this week or next, please sign the petition and speak on his behalf.

May each of us be in church on Sunday, worshiping joyfully from our hearts and giving thanks to Jesus for what He did for us.   Lord bless your week!


Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/thy-precious-blood   (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

Isaiah 53: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah+53&version=KJV

Psalm 22: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+22&version=KJV

Easter Ideas:  https://www.intouch.org/read/blog/6-simple-easter-ideas-for-families

Petition: https://aclj.org/persecuted-church/free-american-pastor-andrew-brunson?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=d-04102017_top-PC_seg-RE_typ-PT

Devot. One True God

HI Folks,

I hope you had a good weekend!   The devot. for today is a reminder that there is only One True God and the where proof of it is found (the devot. shares where the proof is found- so keep your eyes open for it!)

One of the leaders in my church's youth group was saying last week to us that one way to tell  the Bible is accurate is all the prophecies in the Old Testament that were fulfilled in the New Testament (we will get to that soon in regards to Jesus'-prophecies that foretold of Him in the Old Testament

that He fulfilled in the New Testament).  

The second thing to tell Scripture's accuracy is that many things are said in the Old Testament and repeated in the New Testament, thus emphasizing the importance of that statement and that it still 'counts'.

A example of this that pertains to our devot. today is Deuteronomy 6:4-6, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.  And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:"

We see this repeated by Jesus in Mark 12:29-31, "The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,

and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.  And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  There is none other commandment greater than these."

I pray this devot. teaches you something very valuable and gives you something to ponder this week. Lord bless you and yours!

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/one-true-god  (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)