by Susan Barnes | 12 Apr 2020 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “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.” Romans 12:1...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Jan 2020 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19 The command is to make disciples—to teach...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Nov 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “I will not,” he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, “I will, sir,” but he did not go. Matthew...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Apr 2019 | Bible Study
The Bible records many of Jesus’ sayings, but we have become so familiar with them, that we overlook how controversial many of them were: “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Feb 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.’” Mark 8:35 God wants to teach us how to “save our lives” and it’s not by becoming a...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Jan 2019 | Women in the Bible
Ruth does a similar thing to Tamar. Following Jewish custom Ruth went to Boaz, a relative of her dead husband at night and lay at his feet to signal she was available for marriage. She risked her reputation in doing this, but she did it, like Tamar, in order to...
