Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  Look around.  Notice your blessings and notice the many needs.  They are many of both.  Some are big.  Others seem small.  But all are so very real.   When focusing on the people around us, we see where we need to be encouragers.  Plan to make a difference in the lives of the people that we encounter every day, those close to us and others not so close.   1 Thessalonians 5:11  NASB Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.   Encourage people.  Build them up.  Building helps people stay strong, helps us to be strong and for us all to know our worth.   Hebrews 3:13  NASB But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.   The pain and heartache around us often makes us lea...

  It is the time of the year where there is lots of change.  Look around you and you might see some pretty incredible things.  That is if you have the perspective God desires us all to have. Psalm 103:19  NLT   The Lord has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything. Let’s begin with spring.  Notice the flowers, the colors of various things growing, and they are so beautiful.  Notice the skyline of the mountains or the rallies or even the cities.   Move forward to the joy and celebration that comes from the changes of life like graduation.  We have watched and congratulated high school and college graduates as well as others who have completed goals each longed to achieve.   So what is next?  These challenges are tough.  But these challenges are good. If we believe that God is gracious and has a plan, we will see from His perspective and desire all He has for us.  Remember that John 10:10 offers promi...

Hello and thanks for checking out the latest e-devotion.  Today will be short.  Very short. But I have a couple thoughts I want to pass your way.  I shared some of this in Sunday’s sermon and also heard a powerful message last week that shared these verses.  Read on and be amazed at what God does. Mark 8:23-25  NASB   Taking the man who was blind by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting in his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, for I see them like trees, walking around.” 25 Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. God is the healer.  Do you believe that?  I do and I am grateful that fact transcends our doubting and our own troublesome situations. But do we want away from God when He is in the middle of healing us or working in our lives?  I have to c...