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Aloha, I just wanted to thank you all, so much for the new way you are doing the Daily Devotionals, I love it and it has been such a blessing to me.. Have a blessed week !
Posted by Muriel Louise Williams on Jan 09, 2012, in response to the devotional on
Thursday, January 5, 2012
I' ve read all your messages from my arriving to Hawaii last November and I have been much blessed.Please, keep up the good job. I m sure there very many like me who appreciate it. Thank you pastor Wayne, thank you pastor Andy.
Posted by Carmen Teresa Coronado on Dec 27, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
As you point out, Pastor Mike, today's passage is much deeper than most people think. It is a wonderful verse to take the time to ponder. Let us go to a quiet place with this verse, and invite our hearts and minds to reflect upon the deep meaning that the Holy Spirit wants us to learn. Thank you for giving us a nudge to do just that.
Posted by Ann Verblaauw on Dec 09, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Friday, December 9, 2011
We try to also use the "presence gauge" of Jesus Himself: "Would I do this thing if Jesus was visibly sitting right next to me?" His Spirit is, after all, right here inside of us believers. Another challenging gauge that helps us is: "Would I want to be doing this, if Jesus came back at this very moment to take us to Heaven?" We miss Hawaii and send everyone our aloha from Virginia
Posted by The Brzostowski Ohana on Dec 05, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Thank you, Pastor Wayne.
Posted by Ann Verblaauw on Nov 19, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.Sadly, in many of churches today, people cannot accept the teachings of our passage found here in the Bible. We read in verse 1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Many, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, will manipulate God’s Word into another translation by saying, “The Word was with God and the Word was a god.” The fact is God’s Word teaches us that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,” and that Word that was made flesh is our God taking upon the form of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This is the truth we know to be as the Trinity.
How does the Word being made into a man have any application to my life? The fact that God made “himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men” tells us that Jesus Christ was fully man, and yet fully God. Have you ever accused God of not understanding your pain or your difficulties? Well, when God took upon Himself human form, He not only had hands, feet, a head, and a human body, but also faced the same things we are faced with; pain, sorrow, fatigue, temptation, hunger, etc… He knows your hurts and your hardships, and He knows what it is like to live in the world. This should cause His Word to mean so much more to us. When God’s Word says, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” He knows what it feels like to be alone when He says, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” He knows what it feels like to be weary or burdened; and when He says, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” He knows what it is like to be attacked by Satan. When God says, “I a God at hand… and not a God afar off,” He is in fact closer than we could ever imagine.
Jesus Christ: fully God yet fully man. Even doubting Thomas recognized this in John 20:28 when he says, “My Lord and my God” when he touched the resurrected body of Christ. We can find comfort that we serve a God who understands our hurts, our needs, our trials, and our burdens because we do in fact serve a God at hand.
Love you all!
Pastor Mike
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