Posts by HPBC (Page 229)

Posts by HPBC (Page 229)

I saw Jesus Last Night

I saw Jesus Last Night When I saw him, it was while I was attending Vacation Bible School for the second time in my life.  He was wearing work clothes.  He was sweaty and a little dirty from his day’s labor at his regular job.  He moved rapidly from one task to the next working to help support the VBS program. I could tell it was Jesus because of the smile on his face.  He said that this was the…

Giving in to Jesus

Giving in to Jesus From Our Daily Bread – July 11, 2017 Read: James 4:6–10 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.—Romans 6:11 They call it “The Devil’s Footprint.” It’s a foot-shaped impression in the granite on a hill beside a church in Ipswich, Massachusetts. According to local legend the “footprint” happened one fall day in 1740, when the evangelist George Whitefield preached so powerfully that the devil leaped from the church steeple,…

Getting Away with It

Getting Away with It From Our Daily Bread – July 10, 2017 Read: Genesis 4:1–12 By faith Abel still speaks.—Hebrews 11:4 In June 2004, at a Vancouver art gallery, Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott received an Olympic gold medal. That’s interesting, because the Winter Olympics had been held in 2002—in Utah. Scott had won bronze behind two athletes who were disqualified months later when it was learned they had used banned substances. It’s good that Scott eventually received her gold, but…

Waiting

Waiting The other day, the devotional from ‘Our Daily Bread’ was titled ‘Going First’ and it spoke of how God loved us FIRST.  About how we didn’t have to do anything, he just loved us! It was a very good devotional, and it got me to thinking.  About how God did love us first, about how He loved me first, and then He waited for me to return that love. And He waited . . . And He waited .…

A Joyful Heart

A Joyful Heart From Our Daily Bread – July 9, 2017 Read: 2 Chronicles 7:1–10 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. —Psalm 100:1 My granddaughter’s favorite tune is one of John Philip Sousa’s marches. Sousa, known as “The March King,” was a US composer in the late nineteenth century. Moriah isn’t in a marching band; she’s only twenty months old. She just loves the tune and can even hum a few notes. She associates it with joyful times. When our…

A Day to Rest

A Day to Rest From Our Daily Bread – July 8, 2017 Read: Exodus 23:10–13 Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work.—Exodus 23:12 One Sunday, I stood by the gurgling stream that wends its way through our North London community, delighting in the beauty it brings to our otherwise built-up area. I felt myself relax as I watched the cascading water and listened to the birds chirping. I paused to give the Lord thanks for how He helps…

Verse of the Day – 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 KJV

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:    And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.  

The Ultimate Good

The Ultimate Good From Our Daily Bread – July 7, 2017 Read: Philippians 3:1–11 I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.—Philippians 3:8 As I was growing up in Jamaica, my parents raised my sister and me to be “good people.” In our home, good meant obeying our parents, telling the truth, being successful in school and work, and going to church . . . at least Easter and Christmas. I imagine this definition of…