Weekly Blog Post

Week 23, Friday Susan Lafferty Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. But there the Lord in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and…

Week 22, Weekend Kathy Jett Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34 (nlt) “Father, forgive them.” Who is Jesus referring to in this statement from the cross? Some would say He is referring to the religious leaders who thought they were simply getting rid of a false teacher….

Week 22, Friday Kathy Jett If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15 (nlt) Best friends and bargain shopping—could life get any better? The four of us had planned this bargain bonanza for two…

Week 22, Thursday Kathy Jett Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 (esv) We speak of forgiveness with such ease. However, saying the words and genuinely meaning them from the heart are oceans apart. The kind of forgiveness God desires can be produced only by the…

Week 22, Wednesday Kathy Jett As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50:20 (esv) Joseph had been wounded deeply by his brothers and even many years later they were certain he was still…

Week 22, Tuesday Kathy Jett Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.” Genesis 41:51 (esv) Many times we substitute forgiving with forgetting. “Out of sight, out of mind,” tends to be the mantra for which many settle. No matter…

Week 22, Monday Kathy Jett And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 (esv) I was driving home from the grocery store and glanced in my passenger side mirror to check on the motorcycle that was moving around…

Week 21, Weekend Lynette Ezell But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13 (esv) Humans will go to great extremes to bypass problems, many times at the expense of losing treasures and delights the Father has planned for our brief lives here….

Week 21, Friday Lynette Ezell Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as a crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. . . . They will see His face, and His name will be on their…