by Susan Barnes | 16 Nov 2023 | Short Devotion
“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.” Revelation 3:19 Like the church at Ephesus (2:4), the Laodicean church has lost its passion for God and his ways. He describes them as lukewarm (v.16). To compound their problems, the church thinks...
by Susan Barnes | 14 Aug 2023 | Book Reviews
New Christians are often told to read the Bible, pray and fellowship with other Christians to grow in their relationship with God. Often it’s implied that these are the only valid ways to encourage spiritual growth. Sacred Pathways seeks to offer nine other ways to...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Jul 2023 | Articles
When I was a child, my mother would tell me she was looking forward to the shortest day of the year because the following days would start to get longer. I thought it odd at the time because I knew it would be several weeks before there would be a noticeable...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Nov 2022 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“Tie this around my head,” said my six-year-old grabbing a dirty dishcloth. “If you want to play blind man’s buff,” I replied, “let’s use a clean handkerchief.” It isn’t necessary to use something grubby to prevent someone from seeing, a clean cloth will do perfectly...
by Susan Barnes | 18 Jul 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. Before he [Paul] sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken. Acts 18:18 Paul, it seems, took a Nazirite vow (Numbers 6:1-21). This wasn’t to add to his...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Sep 2020 | Book Reviews
Craig Groeschel writes about seven decisions that have changed his life in Divine Direction with the hope that it will change the lives of others. The seven decisions are the titles of the chapters: Start, Stop, Stay, Go, Serve, Connect and Trust. In the introduction,...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Oct 2019 | Book Reviews
Joanna Weaver uses the Biblical characters, Mary and Martha, to discuss developing a closer relationship with Jesus. Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World is well written and relatable with personal stories and a lot of references to other books and material. For the...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Jul 2018 | Book Reviews
The premise for John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be : becoming God’s best version of me, is that the most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become. God is in the business of making us the best version of ourselves. Ephesians 2:10 tells...
