Author Archives: LJones

Dear Morning Devotion Group:  I arrived from Haiti yesterday and it might take a day or two to get back in the groove of preparing my devotions.  Thanks to Seth Caddell for being my guest writer while I was gone.  … Continue reading →

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to … Continue reading →

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:35 NIV) Bookstores are full of self-help books, shelves and shelves of books telling you … Continue reading →

Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24 NIV) Jesus is in miracle mode again.  He’s traveling around, and this man whose son is possessed by a demon approaches him.  The boy has … Continue reading →

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world … Continue reading →

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?  (Mark 8:36 NIV) I love stuff.  There, I said it.  It might not be too spiritual to say it out loud, but I’m willing to … Continue reading →

Dear Devotion Group: Next week Seth Caddell, Adult Ministry Associate from Northside Christian Church, will be my guest devotion writer.  Seth will also be preaching this Sunday, July 5th.  I know you will enjoy his work.  Blessings, Larry Jones For … Continue reading →

He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. … Continue reading →

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put … Continue reading →

He went on: “What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these … Continue reading →