Pastor Robbie's Wednesday Devotion: "Encourage One Another"

"But let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

Hebrews 10:25

Everyone needs a little encouragement, and I hope this blog has been an encouragement to you the last few months.

Today, you have a chance to encourage each other!

Post a comment in the comments section and share what God is doing in your life. You never know who might need to hear the encouragement He's been giving you.

"Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me."

Psalm 66:16

Pastor Bob's Wednesday Devotion: "Be Still"

"Be still and know that I am God."
Psalm 46:10

Last week, I used a week of vacation time, and wouldn't you know that I spent most of the week being sick!

This vacation was going to be a "working vacation," which means a busy vacation, and I had a mile-long list of "to do's" around the house. Could it be that busyness was the cause of my sickness?

This morning I was reading in Matthew 20 about Jesus, who after 3 years of demanding ministry, was on His way to Calvary. As Jesus was leaving the city of Jericho with a large crowd following Him, two blind men on the side of the road heard that Jesus was passing by. They cried out, "Lord have mercy on us, Son of David!"

The crowd told the men to be quiet, thinking that Jesus was way too busy to stop and care for two blind beggars.

Do we ever feel our Lord is too busy to help us? Or are we too busy to take the time to be still and know that He is God?

You know what Jesus did.

He stopped and asked the two beggars, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Today, Jesus is asking that same question to you. Will you be still long enough to let our Lord Jesus tend to your needs?

You may not be blind, but you need His touch to cure your busyness!

Pastor Bob's Wednesday Devotion: "Godly Jealousy"

The the word of the Lord of hosts came,saying, "Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.'"

Zechariah 8:1-2

After more than twenty-six years of marriage, I still get jealous if any other man shows any kind of interest in my wife. You see, I am a jealous husband because I love my wife!

Some might say, "That's not right...1Corinthians 13:4 says, 'Love is not jealous.' Is God contradicting Himself?"

Webster defines jealousy as "intolerance of rivalry or unfaithfulness." When God says He is exceedingly jealous for Zion, He is stating that He is intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness. He will not allow anyone or anything to get in the way of His relationship with His people.

In the same way, husbands, we must be intolerant of any form of rivalry when it comes to our relationships with our wives. And wives, you must be intolerant of any form of unfaithfulness when it comes to your relationship with your husbands.

Zechariah's words remind us that God is an exceedingly jealous God when it comes to His love for His people.

Oh that we would follow His example and love each other with a healthy, jealous love!