All posts in category Gems From Jim Hughes

CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems from Pastor Jim 7/31/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 81:10 For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth, and I will fill it with good things. Is your mouth open? Are you waiting and wanting the Lord to fill it? The image that comes to my […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems from Pastor Jim 7/17/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 73:26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Our health gives out on us. It is a part of being human. As we age different parts of our bodies begin to fail us […]

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Gems from Pastor Jim 7/11/2023

by Jim Hughes  Ps. 66:16-19 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, my LORD would not have listened. But […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems from Pastor Jim 5/29/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 51:17 The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise. The Lord doesn’t want anything from you but a broken heart before Him. He doesn’t need whatever you have to offer Him. He is the creator and owner […]

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Gems from Pastor Jim 5/23/2023

by Jim Hughes  Ps. 51:10-12 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. This is a […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim 5/2/2023

by Jim Hughes  Ps. 48:9 O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple. What is the temple? It is God’s dwelling place. The temple of God has a three-fold meaning. It can be a building we worship in, it can be us, or it can be our Lord […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 4/17/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 42:1-2 As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When do deer pant for water? It could be when they are running away from trouble and know they can’t safely stop for a drink. […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim 4/11/2023

by Jim Hughes  Ps. 40:8 I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your law is written on my heart. Do you take joy in doing God’s will for your life? Do you see what God has given you to do as a blessing or a curse? Does living in Christ […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim 3/7/2023

by Jim Hughes  Ps. 37:7 Be still in the presence of the LORD and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Be still in the presence of the Lord. For some of us, this may seem nearly impossible to do. We […]

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CrossReads Weekly Devotional: Gems From Pastor Jim 1/16/2023

Send to Kindle by Jim Hughes  Ps. 34:17 The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. Sometimes we get so caught up in our circumstances of life that God seems so far away. The more suffering we experience, the more doubts we have that […]

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