DAILY READING Romans 8:31-39 REFLECTION   God's Love for us By Kim Starr The passage for today provides the ultimate assurance that God's love for His people is invincible and eternal.  God sent his own son to die for each of us. If he will give us his one and only son, how can he not give us all things? God justifies. Jesus, who died, rose, and is sitting at the right hand of his father, intercedes for us. No one can separate us from the love God has for us. And, because of his love for us,...

DAILY READING Isaiah 30:18 REFLECTION   Blessings By Kim Starr I have been walking in a valley for some time. I don’t like being in this valley. I’ve prayed to God to get me out, but I remained. I asked God to show me why I was there and what He wanted me to do to bring glory and praise to Him, but there was silence.   About a month ago, I slid into a very, very deep canyon, one that was far worse than the valley I’d been in. I still didn’t understand why I was there and I cried out again to...

DAILY READING Hebrews 10:26-39 REFLECTION   By Kim Starr The Christians in the book of Hebrews were primarily Jewish converts to Christianity who were facing persecution and were tempted to abandon their faith. They were familiar with the Old Testament scriptures, the Law of Moses, and the Jewish sacrificial system, but they were struggling to understand how Christianity fit within their Jewish heritage. They were suffering and were tempted to abandon their Christian faith to escape...