by Susan Barnes | 7 Sep 2023 | Short Devotion
“If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another …” 1 John 1:6-7 To “walk in the light” is the same as “walking in God’s...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Aug 2023 | Short Devotion
“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.” John 17:6. Obedience often feels like an impossible goal in the Christian life but Jesus believes his disciples have obeyed his word....
by Susan Barnes | 3 May 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“I’ll be careful,” said my five-year-old, standing perilously close to the edge. “But I said, come away.” When our children are doing something dangerous we don’t want them to be careful, we want them to be compliant. Likewise, we...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Aug 2022 | Short Devotion
“And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!” Philippians 2:8 Jesus chose to die in obedience to God. Jesus’ sacrifice was “once and for all” (Hebrews 10:10). God doesn’t ask this of his people....
by Susan Barnes | 10 May 2020 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “… but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith” Romans 16:26...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Nov 2019 | Reading the Bible
Today, I am continuing the series on, Reading the Bible. This post looks at what it means to be obedient. When you listen to some Christians talk you would think Jesus said, “Perfectly obey my commands, and then I will love you.” This isn’t what Scripture teaches....
by Susan Barnes | 2 Jun 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance,...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Apr 2018 | Bible Study
Obeying God becomes easier when we understand and believe that God will only ask us to do what is best for us. The problems come when we don’t want God’s best, but prefer to settle for second-best or even third or fourth best. It’s our natural tendency to pick what’s...
