Category Archives: Devotional

Luke 9: The Cost of Discipleship

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Jason

Reading for Thursday, March 15: Luke 9 Luke 9 is really a pivot point in Luke’s Gospel. We find Jesus doing many of the same things Luke has already recorded: teaching, healing, casting out demons, performing miracles. But we also … Continue reading →

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Good Habits = Long Term Results

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Jason

This year has been a year of learning discipline for me. Let me explain. At our church, I started a year-long study of the New Testament called “Mayfair Project 3:45”. The idea is simple: it takes, on average, about three … Continue reading →

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Luke 8

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Jason

Reading for Wednesday, March 14: Luke 8 The theme of this great chapter is the power of the Word of God for those who believe. Luke records one of Jesus’ most well-known parables, the teaching of the sower and the … Continue reading →

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Luke 7

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Jason

Reading for Tuesday, March 13: Luke 7 This chapter has several key episodes: Jesus’ healing the centurion’s servant; raising a widow’s son; forgiving a sinful woman in the home of a Pharisee. But each of these episodes involves an “outsider” … Continue reading →

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Romans 16: Jon Stacy

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jason

As I said yesterday, I’m sending this week in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. I’ve asked my friend Jon to write a guest commentary for today’s Bible study on Romans 16. I know you’ll be blessed by reading his thoughts. … Continue reading →

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John 16

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Jason

Reading for Monday, Jan. 23: John 16 This is yet another great chapter of unfiltered teaching straight from Jesus. He begins with an honest warning to His followers with regard to their spiritual futures: they will kick you out of … Continue reading →

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John 10

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Jason

Reading for Friday, Jan. 13: John 10 In John 10, Jesus gives us two metaphors for understanding His role: gate and shepherd. With regard to the gate, it seems that Jesus is making a different point at first. At the … Continue reading →

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John 3

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Jason

John 3.16 is one of the landmark texts in the Christian Scriptures. It looms large, like a mountain peak, towering above all other verses in our collective consciousness. With telescopic range, it encapsulates the enormity of the Gospel message in … Continue reading →

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Light Without Limit

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jason

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. — John 1.5   There is a Light brighter than any other…a Light without limit, generating from the Source and spreading out to the far reaches of … Continue reading →

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Live Like Jesus, Love Like Jesus

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Jason

Last Sunday night, one of our elders, Denton Kimbrough, led a prayer in our worship assembly and he used a phrase that immediately struck me. He prayed: Lord, help us to live like Jesus…and help us to love like Jesus. … Continue reading →

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