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• Morning Prayer October 14, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 14, 2024
  Father in Heaven,   Holy are You, Lord God Almighty! You alone are worthy to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created. You are our Rock, our refuge, our shelter in times of storm. We stand in awe and wonder before...

• Evening Prayer October 13, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 13, 2024
  Father in Heaven,   Holy are You, Lord God Almighty! You alone are worthy to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created. You are our Rock, our refuge, our shelter in times of storm. We stand in awe and wonder before...

• Afternoon Devotional - October 13, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 13, 2024
  The more you know and the better you understand, the more severely will you be judged, unless your life is also the more holy. Do not be proud, therefore, because of your learning or skill. Rather, fear because of the talent given you. If you think you know many things and understand them well e...

• Morning Devotional - October 13, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 13, 2024
  Many words do not satisfy the soul; but a good life eases the mind, and a clean conscience inspires great trust in God. Kempis, The Imitation of Christ   It is so easy for us to get so wrapped up in striving for more that we forget to take time to enjoy what we have and thank God for...

• Morning Prayer for October 13, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 13, 2024
  Father in Heaven,   Holy are You, Lord God Almighty! You alone are worthy to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created. You are our Rock, our refuge, our shelter in times of storm. We stand in awe and wonder before...

• Morning Devotional for 10/10/2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 10, 2024
  What good does it do to speak learnedly about the Trinity if, lacking humility, you displease the Trinity? Indeed it is not learning that makes a man holy and just, but a virtuous life makes him pleasing to God. I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it. For what would it profit ...

• Morning Prayer for October 10, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 10, 2024
  Father in Heaven,   Holy are You, Lord God Almighty! You alone are worthy to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created. You are our Rock, our refuge, our shelter in times of storm. We stand in awe and wonder before...

• Evening Prayer for October 9, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 9, 2024
  Father in Heaven,   Holy are You, Lord God Almighty! You alone are worthy to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created. You are our Rock, our refuge, our shelter in times of storm. We stand in awe and wonder before...
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• A Devotional

  by Russ Hjelm October 9, 2024
  The teaching of Christ is more excellent that all the advice of the saints, and he who has His spirit will find in it a hidden manna. Now, there are many who hear the Gospel often but care little for it because they have not the spirit of Christ. Yet whoever wishes to understand fully the words of...

• Reflections on Proverbs 1:1-2

  by Russ Hjelm October 9, 2024
  The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding, ... Proverbs 1:1-2, Modern English Version (MEV)   Why should we bother with Proverbs? It is, after all, the Old Testament, and aside from its cutesy and folk...

• Reflections on Romans 1:2-4

  by Russ Hjelm October 9, 2024
  ... which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. ...

• A Devotional

  by Russ Hjelm October 9, 2024
  "He who follows Me, walks not in darkness," says the Lord. (John 8:12.) By these words of Christ we are advised to imitate His life and habits, if we wish to be truly enlightened and free from all blindness of heart. Let our chief effort, therefore, be to study the life of Jesus Christ. Kempi...

• Morning Prayer for October 9, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 9, 2024
  Father in Heaven,   Holy are You, Lord God Almighty! You alone are worthy to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created. You are our Rock, our refuge, our shelter in times of storm. We stand in awe and wonder before...

• Evening Prayer for October 8, 2024

  by Russ Hjelm October 8, 2024
  Father in Heaven,   Holy are You, Lord God Almighty! You alone are worthy to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created. You are our Rock, our refuge, our shelter in times of storm. We stand in awe and wonder before...

• Reflections on Psalm 1:6

  by Russ Hjelm October 8, 2024
  For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly will perish. Psalm 1:6, Modern English Version (MEV)   It is a failing that far too many of those who follow the One who is the Christ have the belief that we are somehow better than everyone else. We will, of course, pr...

• Reflections on Matthew 1:12-16

  by Russ Hjelm October 8, 2024
  And after they were brought to Babylon,Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud,Abiud the father of Eliakim,and Eliakim the father of Azor.Azor was the father of Zadok,Zadok the father of Akim,and Akim the father of Eliud.Eliud wa...