Devotions based on Kenneth Boa’s book, Conformed to His Image Our presuppositions shape our perspective in life and our perspective shapes our priorities and our priorities shape what we do. We all have a set of presuppositions about life, even we are not really aware of it. So often we choose temporal and earthly visible…

Devotions based on Kenneth Boa’s book, Conformed to His Image “There is no sin so great that God will not forgive but there is no sin so small that it does not need to be forgiven.”  Because of Jesus death on the cross, we are offered the wonderful gift of forgiveness and a secure relationship…

Devotions based on Kenneth Boa’s book, Conformed to His Image As we grow in our awareness of our freedom in Christ, more and more we are able to put others first.  “Do nothing out of selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely…

Devotions from Kenneth  Boa’s book, Conformed to His image The more we love God the more we will express His love to others in acts of kindness and goodness. “There is no act that begins with the love of God that does not end with the love of neighbor.”   As we grow in our understanding…

Devotions based on Kenneth Boa’s book, Conformed to His Image We are either defined by our world or by God. “To love ourselves correctly is to see ourselves as God sees us.”  We are always in danger of letting the world define us instead of God. It is so easy to shape our self-image by…

Devotions based on Kenneth Boa’s book, Conformed to His Image Our spiritual life is an all-encompassing, lifelong response to God’s initiative in our lives, as our trust is in Him.  It begins with the gift of forgiveness and goes on through faith and obedience. It is a journey with Christ rather than a journey to…

Devotions from Kenneth Boa’s book, Conformed to His Image God created us for intimate relationship with Him- to know, enjoy, and honor Him. Because God is a relational being, He wants fellowship with us. The better we know Him, the better we know ourselves. Isn’t it amazing that our God who created over 200,000,000,000 stars…

Devotions based on Juliet Benner’s book, Contemplative Vision As I read this book I saw how spiritual sight is even more important than physical sight for without it we are limited in seeing God in our lives and world. If we go through life “blissfully unaware” we feel disconnected from God and ourselves. To be…

Devotions based on Juliet Benner’s book,  Contemplative Vision The life of Jesus was a life of love and He saw value and worth in each person. There was no one that was excluded from his welcoming embrace. He invited His followers to change the way they saw others and to see with His eyes of…

 Devotions based on Juliet Benner’s book, Contemplative Vision When we surrender our will and life to God we don’t do it out of fear but rather in response to His love. His love risked everything for us and reaches out to us even when we are most unlovable. He desires to unite us with Him…