Posts from February 2020 (Page 3)
Daily Devotional: February 6th, 2020
The Lowest Place Did You Know? The Kola Super deep Borehole in Russia is the deepest hole ever drilled and the deepest artificial point on Earth. For two decades it was also the longest borehole at more than seven-and-a half miles. Drilling began in 1970 and ended in 1992 when the extreme heat made it impossible to run the equipment any deeper. The original goal of the borehole was 49,000 feet while seeking to break through the Earth’s crust. There…
Daily Devotional: February 5th, 2020
CLASSIC C.S. LEWIS TO BEDE GRIFFITHS, with whom Lewis shares an insight from The Great Divorce (Chapter 9), which he is writing at the time: On the utter truth of losing one’s life to save it (with another word about Charles Williams). 25 May 1944 Thanks for your letter. I too was delighted with our meeting. About the past, and nothing being lost, the point is that ‘He who loses his life shall save it’ [Matthew 10:39] is totally true, true on every…
Daily Devotional: February 4th, 2020
The Cost of Christ Having a relationship with God is something that people typically says comes without a cost, but I disagree with that statement. Our relationship with God costs us two things. First it cost us Jesus, for he made the ultimate sacrifice to bring us back to God. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:18…
Giants defensive tackle puts God first
Originally Posted on UM News, View Original Article Here “It’s hard to understand what success is if you’ve never seen it,” said New York Giants defensive tackle (No. 99) Chris Canty. “It’s hard to understand what accountability is if you’ve never seen it. It’s hard to understand what responsibility is if you’ve never seen it.” His mom, the Rev. Shirley L. Canty, a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, has more reason to be proud of her son than his big…
Daily Devotional: February 3rd, 2020
Being a Living Sacrifice Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2 One of the best offerings you can give to God is yourself. He seeks…
Daily Devotional: February 2nd, 2020
Did You Know? Trial by Fire Some plants have leaves naturally coated in flammable oils in order to encourage fast, intense fires. Not by accident, these plants have heat-activated seeds that require fire or intense heat in order to open and germinate. This fact reveals the useful purpose that fire is intended to play in nature. But it has not always been viewed this way. Prior to 1910, forest fires burned as much as 50 million acres annually in the…
Daily Devotional: February 1st, 2020
The saint of Young People As we start February we come to see the fast approaching February 14th, the biggest day to celebrate love. We tend to focus on St. Valentine as the Patron Saint of Love and Happy Marriages, but forget that he is also the Patron Saint of Young People. This part tends to be overlooked due to the commercialization of the 14th of February and ironically enough, this group tends to be the least engaged in a…