Category: Gems from Pastor Jim

by Jim Hughes Dan. 5:27 Tekel means “weighed”—you have been weighed on the balances and have failed the test. This verse first spoke to me very early in my Christian walk. The Lord spoke to me about how I was doing in my faith walk. I had to take a serious look at… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 9/28/2020

by Jim Hughes Dan. 3:25 “Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire. They aren’t even hurt by the flames! And the fourth looks like a divine being!” I can only imagine what Nebuchadnezzar must have thought when he saw four people walking around in a fire that… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 9/21/2020

by Jim Hughes Dan. 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power. Your Majesty can be sure that we… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 9/14/2020

by Jim Hughes Dan. 1:8 But Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief official for permission to eat other things instead. Daniel did not wait until he was faced with temptation before he decided whether… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 8/31/2020

by Jim Hughes Ezek. 36:26-27 And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so you… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 8/17/2020

by Jim Hughes Ezek. 34:1-2 Then this message came to me from the LORD, “Son of man prophecy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: Destruction is certain for you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn’t shepherds feed their sheep?” This devotional… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 8/10/2020

by Jim Hughes Ezek. 18:23 Do you think, asks the LORD, that I like to see wicked people die? Of course not! I only want them to turn from their wicked ways and live. We must understand this truth. The Lord does not like to see wicked people die. God knows that those… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 8/3/2020

by Jim Hughes Ezek. 18:21-22 But if the wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my laws and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die. All their past sins will be forgotten, and they will live because of the righteous things they… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 7/27/2020

by Jim Hughes Ezek. 13:1-3 Then this message came to me from the LORD: “Son of man, speak against the false prophets of Israel who are inventing their own prophecies. Tell them to listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says. ‘Destruction is certain for the false… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 7/20/2020