Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  Living for the Goal … this is a devotion that was shared by the Navigators in August of 2021.  Today I want to share with you something that encouraged me.  Check out this devotion, and may God work in our lives in incredible ways! 1 John 1:3  We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.  I always enjoy traveling with someone who knows where they’re going, don’t you? John the Baptist knew exactly where he was going.  He had a definite purpose in mind and knew exactly how to reach his goal.  The message in the book of John is that he wants you and me to find life in Jesus Christ.  Everything in his gospel points us to the saving grace of the Lord Jesus. In John 1:7, we are introduced to John the Baptist and told that “he came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.”  The focu...

What keeps you going?  What is it that makes you not stop doing the right thing or pushing through to the end?  What makes your motor start, rev up and keep on?  I’m talking about your internal motor, the one that is your heart and drive to live and share life. There are lots of answers to this question.  Some are good.  Some are horrible.  Yet your answer is your answer.  It is right for you and maybe just for you.  Observe it a little deeper if what is pressing you on is not about you and not for your glory and serves other people, then your passion or drive is most likely the strongest in all the world. The Gospel of John is truly from the heart of God.  It was penned by one of the disciples.  God changed his life.  One of the things that hits me through the chapters of the book is how this disciple was puzzled by the God’s love for Him.  He called himself “the disciple that Jesus loved.  I...