by Susan Barnes | 13 Jun 2022 | Short Devotion
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ … each one should carry their own load.” Galatians 6:2, 5 Helping people effectively is a tricky business and Paul’s instructions may sound contradictory. We want to avoid neglecting...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Jun 2022 | Short Devotion
“The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Galatians 5:6 Our faith will cause us to be more loving. It won’t cause us to undertake a regime of self-improvement activities or berate others who don’t measure up to our standards. The test of...
by Susan Barnes | 29 May 2022 | Short Devotion
“But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?” Galatians 4:9 If we’re hoping to gain spiritual merit through our good deeds we will only...
by Susan Barnes | 22 May 2022 | Short Devotion
“You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?” Galatians 3:1 Living by faith in God’s grace is difficult. Our human nature likes to be religious and measure our ability to obey laws and keep religious observances. It loves to calculate how much of the Bible we read,...
by Susan Barnes | 8 May 2022 | Short Devotion
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all.” Galatians 1:6-7 False teachers were trying to convince the Galatian believers they had to...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Oct 2017 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25 It’s a lie of the devil that the harder we work for God the more spiritual we will become. Instead, we become...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Jul 2012 | Devotions
Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. Galatians 6:12 The well-known Bible commentator, F. F. Bruce made this comment in reference to the Jewish’s desire to maintain the rite of circumcision. “It cuts the...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Jul 2012 | Devotions
At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. Galatians 4:29 The “son born according to the flesh” was Ishmael. Abraham and Sarah connived to have a son rather than having faith in God’s...
