Author: CCGC

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.” – Jeremiah 31:3 Have you ever contemplated God’s love for you? I mean specifically the pure emotion that He feels toward you, aside from providing you with the gift of salvation and blessing you every single day? Every so often, I...

“And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.” – Genesis 15:6   When Abraham called upon the Lord in Genesis 15, he was in a time of great distress. In the previous chapter, Abraham had rescued his nephew, Lot, from an army of four kingdoms as well...

It’s time to ENGAGE.   No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. II Timothy 2:4   The best way to summarize the context of this verse within Paul’s letter to Timothy is this: Paul is encouraging Timothy to...

Matthew 7:1-5 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or...

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through...

Eph 5:33B: “…and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.” Ladies, let me start this devotional with my closing remarks: never disrespect your husband in public and never disrespect your husband in front of the children! Ephesians 5:33B is the second half of a verse that is often quoted at weddings....

I got a new pair of glasses last week. At the optometrist I was sitting in the chair and I hear the same familiar question, “Read the smallest line you can read”. I always answer with the same joke…E. (He’s never amused) Sure, I’ve had glasses since I was 12 but as I get older...

“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10a 2017 was a very painful year for our family. I know our family is not alone with feeling the pains of this world. Pain takes many forms, and effects each person and families differently. Pain can be physical, emotional, and/or spiritually driven. Plus, the root...

So it came to pass in the process of time…(1 Samuel 1:20) Holidays, resolutions and chickens. It’s like a hot game of TriBond. What do these three things have in common? Read on. If you’ve ever been stuck in traffic, or a long line at an amusement park, you may have noticed people don’t have...

Eph 5:33A: “Each individual among you is also to love his own wife even as himself.” All of you guys have heard this before; usually at weddings… if you remained awake. But what does it mean to love someone like that? Let’s turn to Jesus and read an example of how He expressed His love....