Michael Harrison's e-devotion

John 3:16   NLT For this is how God love d the world : He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. Romans 5:8   NLT But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sin ners. It is time to celebrate.   The last day of the year is here.   Right here we have the opportunity to celebrate many different things.   I have listened to people talk about the greatest things that happened in their lives in 2015, but what I’d like to share as the year comes to a close is the most important resource, great potential and the reason for God’s love really is. Plain and simple.   People.   God sent His son for people.   His love finds its thriving place in the lives of people like you and me.   His love is an incredible thing or the best of everything. Too many churches, organizations and Christ followers put their treasure in mater...

The past year has been full of challenges as well as blessings, but what I am most excited about in the coming year are the great things God is going to do.   He has made so many promises that once again we must expect lives to be changed and greater accomplishments to be made. I have a few thoughts on what makes a person great.   These are generic.   These are things I have found true and have experienced from God.   Therefore, you and I have a choice.   Will we prepare ourselves to experience the best God has?   Or, will we wait, sit back and let others receive the blessings God wants us to have? Greatness is a matter of choice.   Choose God. Colossians 3:2   NASB Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Set your mind.   The mind is the place where our will and our emotions find their root.   It is not about happiness.   It is about allowing the plan of God to take the most imp...

Tomorrow is New Year’s eve.   Let’s do something a bit different in today’s devotion. Choose one of the following passages, read the passage and then spend some time answering the questions below: PASSAGES Matthew 5:3-16   (the Beatitudes) 1 Corinthians 13 (the Love chapter) Galatians 5:16-24   (the Fruit of the Spirit) Ephesians 6:10-24   (the Armor of God) Psalm 139:1-24   (how God knows and strengthens us) QUESTIONS What do these verses teach us about God? What do I believe are my strengths that God points to in these verses? What might my weakness be where God wants to work on me? What are three goals I can set for the coming year based on this passage? I am praying for: Those who are hungry, hurting or homeless.   For my family.   For my church.   For our country.   Who has God put on your mind to pray...

In 2014 we have been able to minister to over 14,000 people through sharing clothes and food, helping with homelessness, preparing kids for school and the like.   Over 50 people have accepted Jesus through the process.   I honestly believe that those numbers remind us of who is really in control.   That would be God.   No me.   Not you or any one else in our church. Those facts also set us up for a great 2015.   How is that?   We want to be able to do more and to impact more lives for the cause of Christ and the growth of God’s kingdom. My prayer for me personally in the coming year is that I would be a stronger leader in my home and in the church helping my family and our church family to seek God for greater impact in the lives of people we encounter.   That is no easy task because it is my heart’s desire to help people embrace their passion and to pursue their God given dreams with more gusto than ever before. This past Sunday i...