Key Texts: 1 John 2:3-6 “We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete… Continue reading How Do We Know We Are Christian?
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“He Is Risen!!” By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger)
He is RISEN!! By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell Scipture Readings: Matthew 28:1-20; Luke 24:1-12; Mark 16:1-20; John 20:1-31 Key Verses: Luke 24:6-7; John 20:30-31 “He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands… Continue reading “He Is Risen!!” By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger)
“The Men Who Buried Jesus” By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger)
The Men Who Buried Jesus By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell Scripture Readings: Matthew 27:57-66; John 3:1-21; John 19:31-42 Key Verse: John 3: 21 “But he who practices the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.” Jesus was dead. His closest friends had left him and gone… Continue reading “The Men Who Buried Jesus” By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell (Guest Blogger)
“A New Commandment” By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell
A New Commandment By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell Scripture Readings: John 13; Matthew 26:26-29 Key Verses: John 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday and in our small church we always have a dinner… Continue reading “A New Commandment” By Elizabeth Yeamans Simrell
Week 38 Sunday
While It Was Still Dark Today’s scripture selection: John 19-21 Key Verse: John 20:1 “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark…” Every Easter morning, as I prepare for celebrating a sunrise service, I ponder these words again. They seem to me to be such a powerful summation of the… Continue reading Week 38 Sunday
Week 37 Sunday
A Complete Joy Today’s scripture selection: John 16-18 Key Verse: John 16:24 “Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be made complete.” Sometimes, sadly, we can trivialize such profound things. We take simple, straightforward, powerful, profound statements of Christ and – before you know it – we have minimized them into something far… Continue reading Week 37 Sunday
Week 36 Sunday
To the End – and Beyond Today’s scripture selection: John 13-15 Key Verse: John 13:1b In telling the events surrounding Jesus’ last hours before his crucifixion, John makes this poignant statement: “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” That has always struck me as a particularly… Continue reading Week 36 Sunday
Week 35 Sunday
Not Even Death Today’s scripture selection: John 10-12 Key Verses: John 11:11 Jesus told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” Like so often, Jesus’ followers didn’t understand. They didn’t understand how the events which were unfolding were all part of a great divine plan; they… Continue reading Week 35 Sunday
Week 34 Sunday
Whose Fault Is It? Today’s scripture selection: John 7-9 Key Verses: John 9:1-3 Jesus and his disciples were going about their business when they came upon a man blind from birth. The disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus told them it wasn’t anybody’s fault. … Continue reading Week 34 Sunday
Week 33
Work, Work, Work Today’s scripture selection: John 5-6 Key Verses: John 5:16-17 It was the Sabbath. And the law was clear: no work, period. So, first, they went after the man whom Jesus had healed, because he was no longer an invalid. Why? Because he was up walking and carrying the mat on which he… Continue reading Week 33
IGW3 - In God's Word, In God's Will, In God's Work 