Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jer. 29:11).
Though it’s clear the oft-quoted promise of Jeremiah 29:11 was meant for the nation of Israel, it still applies to those of us who have [...]
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on June 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
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“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot.
I could wish you were cold or hot.
So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,
I will spew you out of My mouth” (Rev. 3:15-16).
One of the things I love most about the Bible is that it doesn’t mince words. You [...]
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
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“Why do you call Me good?
No one is good but One, that is, God” (Matt. 19:17).
God is good…all the time!
How quickly and often we make that declaration, but do we really think about what we’re saying?
Jesus Himself, in response to being referred to as “good,” challenged His followers with the question, [...]
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions, tagged Devotion, discipleship on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kathi Macias
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Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
The world [...]
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions, tagged sacrifice, purpose, dedication, calling on June 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
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“For if you remain completely silent at this time,
relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place,
but you and your father’s house will perish.
Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom
for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14)
What a week this has been! On Friday my almost 87-year-old mother [...]
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
Author/Speaker
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it
(John 1:4-5).
The Bible talks a lot about light, including the fact that the devil masquerades as an angel of light (see 2 Cor. 11:14) in an attempt to deceive [...]
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
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O wretched man [woman] that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! (Rom. 7:24-25).
I have a confession to make: I’m a hypocrite. Furthermore, I’m a phony, a sham, a fake—and there’s nothing I can do about it.
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kathi Macias
Author/Speaker
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will [...]
Posted in 1, Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
Author/Speaker
So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned….
And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart
to seek the Lord (2 Chronicles 12:13, 14).
As born-again believers, we know we are saved by grace, kept by grace, and completely reliant on God’s grace for every breath we take. And yet…
Don’t we [...]
Posted in Kathi Macias--Inspirational Devotions on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Kathi Macias
Author/Speaker
“He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30).
A couple of years ago, as I sought the Lord for future direction, I sensed these words in my heart: “Somebody has to set up the chairs.” As a result, I spent the following year serving others in public ministry, and it turned out to [...]
