by Jim Hughes Ezek. 3:20-21 “If good people turn bad and don’t listen to my warning, they will die. If you did not warn them of the consequences, then they will die in their sins. Their previous good deeds won’t help them, and I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs.… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 7/13/2020
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Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 7/6/2020
by Jim Hughes Ezek. 3:18-19 “If I warn the wicked saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible, demanding your blood for theirs. If you warn them and they keep on sinning and refuse… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 7/6/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/29/2020
by Jim Hughes Ezek. 3:7 “I am sending you to the people of Israel, but they won’t listen to you any more than they listen to me. For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn.” Scripture does not tell us how Ezekiel received this news. God told him directly that He… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/29/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/22/2020
by Jim Hughes Lam. 3:37-42 Can anything happen without the LORD’s permission? Is it not the Most High who helps one and harms another? Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins? Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn again in repentance to… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/22/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/15/2020
by Jim Hughes Is. 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/15/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/8/2020
by Jim Hughes Lam. 3:40 Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn again in repentance to the LORD. Today I challenge you to take this verse literally. I challenge you to examine your ways. What do you do daily in your life outside your home, in your home? Do… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/8/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/1/2020
by Jim Hughes Lam. 3:31-33 For the LORD does not abandon anyone forever. Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love. For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow. What these verses say to me is that the Lord never gives up… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 6/1/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/25/2020
by Jim Hughes Lam. 3:25-27 The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD. And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline. Waiting for the Lord is hard to… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/25/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/18/2020
by Jim Hughes Lam. 3:22-24 The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” The unfailing love of the… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/18/2020
Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/11/2020
by Jim Hughes Jer. 31:33-34 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD. “I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. And… Continue reading Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 5/11/2020