by sdbarnard | May 6, 2022 | Featured |
Paul’s counsel to the anxious (Phil 4:5-9) In Philippians 4:5-9 we find these words, The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the...
by sdbarnard | Dec 5, 2019 | Devotional |
sdbarnard Beloved, Are we actually commanded to boast (or exult) in our afflictions? Many would answer “no.” Maybe a hearty few would say, “well…we do not boast in the trouble themselves, but in the midst of the suffering because Jesus has...
by sdbarnard | Oct 4, 2018 | Devotional |
9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every...
by sdbarnard | Apr 14, 2017 | Devotional |
Beloved, Today we celebrate the death of Jesus. Did you catch that odd juxtaposition of words? We celebrate…the death… One of my daughters asked me, “Daddy, why do we call Good Friday ‘good’? Isn’t it the day Jesus died?” What...
by sdbarnard | Mar 3, 2017 | Devotional |
O Foolish Galatians! We come to this statement in Galatians 3:1. It follows on the heels of a short section in which Paul clearly states that justification is not by works of the law but by faith alone in Jesus Christ. This section concludes with these words, “I do...