Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  Sometimes you have to move to the simple.  We make things complicated, difficult or even chaotic.  That is not because we want to, but because life can often just get hard. We continue our Wednesday study in the Gospel of John, and last evening we studied only 4 verses.  Typically it is a lot more than that. The basic or the simple might be the place we need to run to more often.  We need to shut down all the lights, the sounds and the extra stuff so we can focus what is at the foundation of it all. Let me explain. John 3:16-17  NLT   “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. Those verses, especially verse 16, is most likely the first first many people memorized or even ever heard from the Bible.  It packs the entirety of what God has done for us i...

  Love the old hymns.  Sometimes I wake up with something on my mind or even a song.  Today was one of those days.  So, let me share what I had on my mind.  Just maybe it will help you and me walk a little stronger in faith and closer to the Father. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms What a fellowship, what a joy divine Leaning on the everlasting arms What a blessedness, what a peace is mine… What have I to dread, what have I to fear Leaning on the everlasting arms? I have blessed peace with my Lord so near… Leaning on Jesus, leaning on Jesus… Leaning on the everlasting arms Leaning, leaning Safe and secure from all alarms Leaning, leaning Leaning on the everlasting arms Powerful song from my children, and even further back.  May it be a powerful word and truth that we hold to as tight as possible believing what God has said.   Proverbs 3:5-6  NLT   Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6  In all y...

Much of the following devotion was shared in December of 2012: God is our EVERLASTING FATHER which is one of the my favorite verses that speaks through the Christmas story.   What is true about God ought to be true about us as earthly fathers and parents because we often look at God the Father through the lens of our earthly father.   That means that some of us have a messed up view of God.   It also scares me because if I mess up as a father that will have a long term impact on my kids and their relationship with God.  I want to give my kids and others a healthy view of God.   We serve God who is a wonderful counselor, a might God and an everlasting father.   There is nothing we can do to earn God’s love.  He loves us more than we can imagine.  Too many people tried to earn their father’s love or gain their acceptance.  We don’t have to do that with God.  Be accepts us and loves as we a...