Submitted by James C. from Gracepoint San Diego Church Shriveled hand, shriveled hearts Here, we have a man with a shriveled hand, certainly an unfortunate situation that should’ve evoked compassion from others. But when the Pharisees looked at this man, what came to their minds was not the suffering that this man had faced because [...]
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Submitted by Grace K. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Reflect on the two lives depicted in this, the very first Psalm, and reflect on the practices of the blessed man. Blessed man is described according to what he DOES NOT DO and what he DOES DO. He does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, [...]
Submitted by Jeanie O. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Today’s text depicts the beginning of Jesus ministry. Study the chapter, and draw some personal applications about what kind of beginning you need to make this year. Mark 1:8-11 I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you with water, but he will [...]
Submitted by Conrad C. of Gracepoint Berkeley Church God is the God of beginnings. Reflect on the idea of THE beginning depicted in Genesis 1, and write a personal response. In the first pages of God’s Word, God’s creative acts are awesome to behold. His “fiat” declarations would cause things to happen. He was creating [...]
Submitted by Mark L. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church What is particularly striking about James 4:13 is that it accurately captures the sentiment and approach people have towards their lives. They have well-laid plans with regards to the paths of their careers, to their retirement plans, and to their financial portfolios. They strategize and devise the [...]
Write a personal prayer in response to the verses in the Lord’s Prayer. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Dear Heavenly Father, please help me to see that if your name is to be honored and your will done [...]
Submitted by David W. from Gracepoint Berkeley Church Nehemiah 1:1-4 “In 586 B.C. Jerusalem had fallen to the Babylonians. Besieged, attacked and burned, Jerusalem was left in ruins. … When the Persian Empire succeeded the Babylonians, the exiled Jews were allowed to return home to resettle their homeland. Nehemiah is one of the children of [...]
Submitted by Anonymous Daniel 9:1–19 Write your personal Daniel 9:4-5 and 17-19 that you can start your prayer with when you are in some desperate situation where you are asking God for his mercy and intervention. Lord, you are great and awesome. You are the ruler of the universe. You never change and you are [...]
From Gracepoint Berkeley Church member Praise be to you, O LORD… The God who is true, in whom there is no falsehood. You bring hope to a hopeless world that is deceived, discouraged and defeated by its lies and false promises. You pluck people out of our endless cycles of striving or our delusional bubbles [...]
From Gracepoint Austin Church member He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Lord, you have indeed lifted me out of the slimy pit of my sin. And oh how slimy my sins have [...]