Wed Apr 22-Rushing Back To Jesus
This is the heart of the Gospel. Peter’s restoration is not earned through effort; it is received through grace.
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The daily devotional published Monday-Friday by Medford UMC. Click on the devotional title to read that day’s post.
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Tue Apr 21-Your Identity As A Believer
The word of God, rightly used, does not leave a person unchanged. It makes us better.
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Mon Apr 20-True Love Endures Forever
How many in our churches today feel the same way? Dutiful and working out their religion but never really having a relationship with God.
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Fri Apr 17-Living A Holy Life
The author of First Peter wrote, “You must be holy in every aspect of your lives, just as the one who has called you is holy.” Today as we read this verse, it seems to most of us that this an impossible task. Only God is Holy, not us.
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Thur Apr 16-Promises
I found it a little strange to be meditating on a scripture reading from the Psalms as we celebrate the season of Easter. What do these ancient, sacred words have to say to us thousands of years after both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament were shared with God’s people?
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Wed Apr 15 – Pick a Side!
Let’s be guided by what Jesus said is the first commandment – to love your God with all your heart and mind and secondly – love your neighbor as yourself.
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Tue Apr 14 – Alive In Christ
This past Sunday, we were blessed to hear a joyful message from Rev. Christinia Lelache about what she called “The Easter Laugh.”
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Mon. Apr. 13 – Kuzco’s Poison
Anything repetitive, redundant, cyclical, and overly clarified… It’s Kuzco’s Poison.
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Fri Apr 10-Resurrection Doubts
The chief cornerstone of the Christian faith is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The whole Christian doctrine stands or falls on the reality of the resurrection of Jesus.
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Thu Apr 9-Setting Your Mind
Paul warned the Ephesians, and all Christians in the final chapter of his letter to them, writing, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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Wed Apr 8-Earth-Shattering
Everything about the Resurrection story in Matthew is earth-shattering. There’s a violent earthquake shaking creation, as if announcing the Kin-dom has come. There is a divine messenger proclaiming the impossible, that Jesus has risen from the dead. There are guards, sent by Pilate to secure the tomb, who are terrified
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Tue Apr 7-Pre-existent or Resurrected?
The early church of Colossae was diving deep into the concept of Resurrection as we still do today. Colossians says we should “put on the new nature.” We are reminded that “Christ is all things and in all people.” That’s fine, but people have often questioned “When did Jesus become the Christ?”
