Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  This season is known as Lent.  The days leading up to the holiest of days for those who choose to follow Jesus. It is the cross and Christ.  It is the resurrection of our Redeemer.  Those are the events surrounding the one who loves us most and the gift sent from heaven for us and for the glory of God alone. That is why I point us to David who says “create in me a clean heart”.  I shared this message with our church, The Community Fellowship, yesterday noting that our perception of our sin, our connection to God and knowing God desires time with us. He also desires to love us with His unending love and His great compassion.  This is so good and so important, too. Psalm 51:10-12  NLT   Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. 11  Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. Do you hear David’s heart?...

  With the new year came a new annual theme for our church, The Community Fellowship.  The theme is “A New Thing”.  Each month I have encouraged our church family to do some specific things to focus more on God. I know there is only about a week left in February, but what our church has been challenged with revolved around the number 2.  I give you that same challenge. Over the next week and until the beginning of March choose these things, or 2 each of these things that I will share. Choose 2 meals.  Choose to forgo, to fast from, two meals in the coming week, and spend time when not eating to focus on God.  Read Scripture.  Pray.  Spend time worshipping. Philippians 2:5-6  NLT  You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. 6  Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Choose 2 times.  This might be 10 minutes or half an hour.  Choose 2 times during the week to focus solely...

  The unknown is what we all fear, but if we have hope and faith in God, the unknown is not something to be feared.  We know who is in control.  But the world is in crisis, in so many places.  Struggle seems to be all around.  Yet we have hope.   We know that the author of chaos and confusion is our enemy, Satan.  We know that our only hope in our Savior, the encourager, Jesus.  Which one are we going to believe?   What we believe about God guides our view.  Literally real hope gives us perspective.  Having hope that is based on someone bigger thank us gives perspective.  With hope we see further, can go further and we deal with lots less chaos.   Hebrews 6:19  NLT This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.   Hope is strong.  Hope is anchor for us.  Hope is from Jesus.  We need that anchor to keep us stranding.  Conti...

  It is time to start planning our largest outreach of the year, and it is our 20th year of the church and of back2school.  That makes it even sweet.  So, why back2school?  That is a great question.  I challenge you to listen and step in to this blessing with me.   Matthew 19:14  NLT   But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”   It is for the kids!  That is the first and obvious answer for back2school.  Each student twill receive a new backpack with school supplies, new shoes and socks as well as hear the Gospel.  We cannot wait to wash each students feet and tell them about Jesus.   Job 11:18  NLT   Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.   It is for the families of each student!  This is just as important.  If you are a parent you know that blessing my children, ...

  We have just come through the love holiday.  I mean Valentine’s Day.  I do not want to miss an opportunity to remind us of what is most important.  You have heard this before.  1 Corinthians 13:3-7,13  NLT   If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance… 13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. That is what love looks like.  We have seen in.  We have lived it.  We have most likely even allowed this true kind of ...

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