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Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  A Grace That Restores   In John Chapter 21, we see Jesus coming to a discouraged and distracted Peter and resets his life with a fresh start. Peter was a disciple who took on a risk of his life when he left his fishing and followed Jesus. He was extraordinary among the disciples, that he jumped into the water and went walking on the water. Peter went up on the mountain and experienced the incredible event of Jesus’ transfiguration. Peter also had a big mouth that worked for Jesus, but also worked against him. Peter said that Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah, and the One that they had been waiting for. Then almost in the same breath, Peter steps in front of Jesus and tells Him that Hecan’t die. Then Jesus calls him Satan and says, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stu

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Peace Purpose and Power   19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”  (John 20:19-23) The disciples of Jesus met behind locked doors for fear of the Jews on the evening of the first day of His resurrection. Thomas, who was brooding over his do

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Searching for the living among the dead    A man who was walking along the street one night and came across one of the neighborhood children inching along on his hands and knees down on the sidewalk beneath a streetlight. The man asks the boy, “What’s wrong, Jimmy? Did you lose something?”  "yes" said Jimmy. “I dropped the dollar Mama gave me for ice cream.”Feeling sorry for the boy, the man gets down on his hands and knees, too, and starts looking. After a few minutes, he says, “I’m sorry, Jimmy, but I don’t see your dollar anywhere. Are you sure this is where you lost it?”“No,” the boy says. “I dropped it over there by the vacant lot.” “What?!” the man exclaims. “If you dropped it way over there, why are you looking for it here?”  Jimmy looks at him, then poin

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Feet Washers                 Maundy Thursday is when Christians remember the night Jesus gathered his twelve disciples for the supper. It was the passover day festival for the Jews. This gathering would later come to be known as the Last Supper. It was the last time Jesus and his disciples broke bread together before his death on the cross. It was during this meal that Jesus took the first communion with the disciples and also identified Judas as his betrayer. Before the supper, we read that Jesus washed the feet of His disciples. An Example to Follow By washing the feet of His disciples, Jesus demonstrated the way we should live by serving others in the name of the Lord. Jesus truly embodied humility and love for His neighbors as we should aim to emulate His example. Ac