by Susan Barnes | 5 Oct 2023 | Short Devotion
“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 We learn how to love, by the way God loves us. As we focus on God’s love for us, our love for him will grow. God’s gracious loving-kindness towards his wayward people is evident in the Old Testament but even more so in...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Aug 2023 | Short Devotion
When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. John 19:26-27 In his final hours, Jesus...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Jun 2022 | Communion Talks
In the book of Ezekiel, God tells Ezekiel to prophesy to a valley full of bones. “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord!’” (Ezekiel 37:4). There’s an amazing response. “Suddenly as I spoke, there was a...