by MJR | Aug 1, 2025 | Genuine Hope
A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my...
by MJR | Jul 31, 2025 | Genuine Hope
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my bodyand knit me together in my mother’s womb.Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,as I was woven together in...
by MJR | Jul 30, 2025 | Genuine Hope
“There is a war raging between good and evil in our world, and though we might prefer the conflict to be fought somewhere else, we don’t get to pick the times in which we live. The front lines today are battles over sex, gender, and identity. We must be ready for a...
by MJR | Jul 29, 2025 | Genuine Hope
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 As a kid our family moved around a lot and that meant the we changed schools quite often and as the new kid in school it was important to find out who...
by MJR | Jul 28, 2025 | Genuine Hope
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the...
