by Susan Barnes | 6 Nov 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“But I only mowed it last week,” complained my teenager. “Why do I have to mow it again?” Healthy lawns need sun and rain. Too much sun and too little rain create little growth. But too much rain and too little sun doesn’t create growth either. Sun and rain are both...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Feb 2020 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!” Romans 5:9 Four times Paul writes, “how much more” (verses 9, 10, 15, and 17) and one “all the...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Dec 2016 | Bible Study
No-body has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. John 9:32 It seems people had been cured of blindness which was caused by disease but not those who were born blind. The man who was healed appears to be a “local” as it wasn’t long...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Oct 2006 | Devotions OT
“But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. He prayed to the Lord, ‘O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in...
by Susan Barnes | 25 Jun 2006 | Devotions OT
“And he (the Lord) passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin …’” Exodus 34:5-7. This is...
