Romans 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. We were having a dialogue in church during one of my sermons. We were discussing the idea […]

Acts 2:42-43 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. In Acts 2, following the arrival of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, the Apostle Peter preaches a sermon that resulted in […]

John 19:30 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in […]

John 15:9-11 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in […]

John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Until I was appointed to a church in wine country, I never really had a physical connection to this verse. Intellectually I understood it, but […]

John 14:12 Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. In January, the south coast was hit by the double devastation of one of the largest fires in […]

John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known. John’s prologue is a beautiful witness to the Incarnation – “And the Word became flesh and lived among us.” This is the Word uniquely revealed in the Human One, […]

James 1:17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Erwin McManus tells the story of being given a guitar as a gift from a friend. The guitar that he was given was […]

Numbers 13:16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua. A few weeks ago, I was in San Diego for a committee meeting for the Western Jurisdiction. We began our meeting with devotions. Our leader had […]

Luke 24:2-3 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. On his first day at preschool, my two year old son, Taniela Wesley DC Moa, could not wait to meet his new friends and new teacher. He got up early before seven o’clock, […]