Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Genesis 6:9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. Do you always consider serving and trusting in God successful? Consider Noah. He lived at a time in the history of this world when only 8 people total believed in God. That’s it. Noah, his wife, their sons, and their wives were the only...
11 days ago • 3 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. We have a lot of plants in our house, but one we periodically forget about. We have nothing against the plant. We just forget about it from time to time. Thankfully or not, it’s a pretty hardy plant so it survives our neglect. However, it does have a little wear and tear from time to time....
18 days ago • 1 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Every Wednesday there is a blue truck that drives through our neighborhood with one purpose. The truck stops by every house and takes away the trash. All that stinky, rotting garbage, the things that are broken, the clutter we don’t want around, and other “stuff” is taken away....
25 days ago • 1 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Isaiah 41:10 I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” YouVersion (also known as the Bible App) is a popular, free mobile and web platform that provides digital access to thousands of Bible translations and devotions. I use it all the time and love it! If you haven’t yet, give it a try. YouVersion keeps track of data on its platform and...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age. The birth of a baby brings a lot of change to a family’s life. Parents have a whole other life to take care of! That is no small feat, so you had better change....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Luke 1:68 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. We had a big windstorm in our area last Wednesday and Friday. As a result, there were thousands without power. The electric company shut off power to different areas so any fallen power lines wouldn’t spark a wildfire. The problem now is that the power company has to go...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Deuteronomy 18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. One of the exciting things I got to do as I got older was babysit my little sister and brother. I can remember several times my mom or dad said to them before leaving us for the day or night, “Listen to Jeremy while we are gone. He’s in...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE John 8:12 When Jesus spoke to them again, he said, “I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Our dog is over 15 years old. For those of you who know dogs, that is old. One of the ways she has started to show her age is her eyesight. She has cloudy eyes so she has a hard time seeing things. Her depth perception...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Matthew 1:22-23 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Psst…. We are NOW fully able to focus on Christmas. Thanksgiving is past. Black Friday has come and gone. Halloween candy is still populating a big bucket in your house. NOW...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Psalm 103:8-10 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. This last week in our Bible study, we used Psalm 103 for an opening discussion. Someone mentioned verses 8-10 as a good faith reminder...
9 months ago • 1 min read