Posts by Jo Witt

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Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Christians Answer Doubt with Faith Wherever faith clings to the promises of God, doubt is always lingering. Doubt asks the serpent’s garden question, “Did God really say?” People doubt God’s care, God’s promises, or God’s providence. The answer to doubt is not found in loud, dramatic demonstrations. The true answer to […]

Tenth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Christians Trust God to Provide The hardest times to trust God are the times we need him most. It’s easier to trust God when your job is going great, your health is fine, your relationships are fine, and your family is good. It’s easier to trust God when the sun is […]

Ninth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Christians Seek Spiritual Wealth What do you consider your life’s top priorities? Many people start with family and friends. Financial security and health follow closely. Reputation and recreation make the cut. How about faith? Is it the top priority? What if other priorities must be sacrificed to keep faith the top […]

Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Christians Live as Wheat among Weeds The wheat that grows in the Middle East is a variety that looks much like wild grass or weeds. It is difficult to tell wheat and weeds apart until shortly before harvest time, when the wheat stalks develop a head containing the kernels of grain. […]

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Christians Are Planted by the Word Planting seed by hand can be extraordinary. In your hand, the seed looks lifeless and insignificant. You put the seed into the soil, and suddenly, all by itself, the seed germinates and sprouts and reaches to the sun. Except when it doesn’t! Plant multiple seeds, […]

Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Christians Find Rest in Jesus We need rest. Without rest, we suffer. Studies show that with too little rest, people experience fatigue and physical imbalances that result in decreased attention, poor decisions, and even speech impairment. People who take no breaks during the workday have lower productivity than those who take […]

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Love God above All Not all love is good. It is self-destructive to love bad things. It is just as harmful to love good things in a bad order. For example, it would seem to be a good thing for a man to love his dog. But if he loves his […]

Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Keep the Faith Believers in God and their ministers have always been persecuted. Religious leaders in Jerusalem tried to muzzle the truth, but they only succeeded in sending people to preach the Word throughout the land. The Roman Empire persecuted Christians with stakes and lions, but God’s Church exploded with growth. […]

Third Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Jesus Leads Us The Law was given through Moses. He was a marvelous leader of his people, but he could not take them to the Promised Land. The Law can never get God’s people to the promised land. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Joshua, the successor of Moses, defeated […]

Second Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: God Loves Sinners They never forgot their past. Moses never forgot how he killed a man in a fit of anger. Paul never forgot how he had savaged the Church of God. Matthew never forgot how, as a tax collector for the Roman Empire, he was considered a traitor to his […]