YARD STYLE DEVOTIONS

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  • MERCY SAYS NO

    James 2:12-13 “Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment”. James 3:17 “ But… Continue reading

  • FORGIVENESS 101

    Matthew 5: 23-24 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them;… Continue reading

  • SOUL, MIND & BODY RESTORATION

    Psalm 23:1-3 “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths    for his name’s sake”.  We live in… Continue reading

  • TEACH US TRUE RESPECT FOR ALL

     Luke 6:27-31 emph.27-28 “But I tell you who hear me: ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you”. In the 2012 London Olympics Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake… Continue reading

  • PEACE

    Psalm 34: 14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. Peace does not come naturally.  Peace has to be sought and pursued. When my children were very young, things were sometimes very chaotic and peace was something… Continue reading

  • ITS TIME TO PRAISE THE LORD

    Psalm 115 & Isaiah 61:3 “…a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair”. Are you feeling down today?  Climb up on the wings of praise. The Lord wants to re-clothed you and exchange your spirit of despair for a… Continue reading

  • The Golden Rule

     Matthew 7: 12 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who… Continue reading

  • THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LISTENING AND HEARING

    Matthew 7: 24-27 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and… Continue reading

  • REFRESHING SPRINGS

    PSALM 84:5-7 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.  As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.  They go… Continue reading

  • WHAT CONVERSATIONS ARE YOU HAVING?

    “Ask and it shall be given to you” Matthew 7:7 “Blessed is the one that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly” Psalm 1:1 Have you ever notice that some conversations we have affect us physically, mentally and if… Continue reading

  • AUTOPILOT

    Psalm 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,  but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,… Continue reading

  • INFORMATION OVERLOAD SO: COME ASIDE

      2 Corinthians 10:3-5 –   For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power… Continue reading

  • “TO OUR LEADERS GREAT DEFENDER, GRANT TRUE WISDOM FROM ABOVE…”

    Proverbs 2:6-8 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way… Continue reading

  • CALLING & ELECTION

      2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election… Give diligence to make your calling and election sure. WHAT ARE YOU CALLED TO DO?  What is your priority? Are you pursuing… Continue reading

  • Strengthen us the weak to cherish

    Psalm 72:13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. Nehemiah 6:9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will… Continue reading

  • SPA DE JESUS: NOURISHED BY THE WATERS OF REFRESHING

    Psalm 23 There are times in your life that you need new strength to cope with everyday living.  You feel empty, tired and burdened.  The thing is that this can happen at the beginning of the week or in the… Continue reading

  • FINISH WHAT YOU START

    2 Corinthians 8:11 NIV Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. The Bible is filled with examples of people who started doing things… Continue reading

  • GOD CALLS US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE

    1 Samuel 16 As a child, I grew up in an environment that there was constant interaction with people from different cultures and races.   This environment was the extrovert’s dream.  However, doing that season of my life I was shy… Continue reading

  • NO PLAN B

      Often we go through life with Plans A, B, or C. So we go around in our heads saying if Plan ‘A does not work then we will go to Plan B or C.  This attitude characterizes our lives:… Continue reading

  • NOT SHRINKING BACK

    “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.  For in just a little while, ‘He… Continue reading

  • SAMUEL SHARPE & MARCUS GARVEY: NATIONAL HEROES (PART 1)

    Isaiah 61 Rev. Dr. Delroy Reid Salmon at the 9th Annual George Liele Lecture outlined three criteria that Sam Sharpe in the 19th century required his followers to have.  The first was Solidarity that is, the individual had to be… Continue reading

  • THE REPORT OF THE LORD

    Devotion 9 Isaiah 43:1-4 As I drove from work, my eyes glanced at the Blue Mountain range drinking in its beauty while I listened to the song on the radio “Whose report will you believe? The words of the song… Continue reading