Focus on Faith Weekly Devotional

From our lectionary readings for the first upcoming Sunday in Advent, the Prophet Isaiah writes: “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains…

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy –…

First, a short meditation.  Please spend a little time and let the words work their magic. “Life is the space between two breaths.”  Jaya Gautam “One day, one lifetime” Japanese…

What image pops into your mind when you hear the word ‘saint’? A person whose life had religious significance, perhaps. Or maybe a person whose acts contributed so greatly to…

Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you…

“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”   Matthew 6:14 NIV “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything…

I recently saw a trailer for the movie, “Evan Almighty.”  With my interest piqued, I rented it to see how that trailer presented in context.  The movie was released in…

“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or sister is without…

“Let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26 KJV)   “…I was a stranger and you invited me in…” (Matthew 25:35 NIV)    …

  “And as he was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in the form of a dove. And a voice came from heaven: ‘You…