Week 8 | May 23-29, 2025: Limiting Digital Distractions
“Distracted” By Dwain Esmond “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23 It was during the summer before my third year of high school—a school with all the attendant ills of violence, drugs, sexual immorality, etc.—that my parents decided I needed a change of scenery, and…
Read MoreWeek 7 | May 16-22, 2025: Hiding God’s Word in Your Heart
The Unopened Gift That Transformed My Life By Ramón Canals Have you ever received a gift but forgotten to open it? Over the years I have received many beautiful gifts from my family and friends that I eagerly opened. However, one gift stands out above all the others: my first Bible. Although it was the…
Read MoreWeek 6 | May 9-15, 2025: Discovering Jesus
Learning to Linger in the Word By Nina Atcheson “Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16 Some time ago I visited a church organization for some meetings…
Read MoreWeek 5 | May 2-8, 2025: Honor Jesus as Lord
A Legacy of Virtue and Honor to God and His Word By Frank Hasel My grandfather, Franz Hasel, was an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister in Germany. Against his will, he was drafted into the army during World War II. Because my grandfather wanted to honor God’s commandments, including “thou shalt not kill,” he requested to…
Read MoreWeek 4 | April 25-May 1, 2025: Come to Jesus as You Are
An Imperfect Broken Offering By Melody Mason I will never forget the time a number of years ago, as I was preparing to lead a prayer service for a large event the next day, how the Holy Spirit convicted me of something specific in my life that I needed to make right with God. Overwhelmed,…
Read MoreWeek 3 | April 18-24, 2025: What it Means to be a Disciple
The Test of Discipleship By Ron Clouzet Back in 1921, a missionary couple named David and Svea Flood went with their 2-year-old son from Sweden to the heart of Africa, to what was then called the Belgian Congo. They met up with another young Scandinavian couple, the Ericksons, and the four of them sought God…
Read MoreWeek 2 | April 11-17, 2025: Worshiping Together
Turning My Heart Toward Home By Don MacLafferty In 1999, on a cold winter night in Michigan, I heard Elijah’s call to turn my heart back to my children. I did not hear this call through the preaching of a sermon from the pulpit or from a chapter in a book. I heard Elijah’s call…
Read MoreWeek 1 | April 4-10, 2025: Preparing for Revival
Why do we need “Back to the Altar?” We are living in a world full of digital distractions, consuming cares, busyness, and broken down altars of worship. If you are feeling in need of a fresh re-boot in your spiritual journey, desiring to rebuild or strengthen your altar of worship, longing for more Holy Spirit…
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