Devotional Time with Rev. Jacob

This blog is designed to give people an inner look at a devotional life. Taking time each day to spend time with the Lord. The hope is if you travel on this journey with Rev. Jacob Shaw, you may be more inclined to spend time with the Lord as well. I encourage the use of a devotional, a scripture reading and prayer, then finally a song, hymn or selection of poetry to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Vujicic, Nick.  Limitless Devotions for a Ridiculously Good Life . Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook Press, 2013. pp 127-130. Opening Thought: When we are called by God to do something of importance, we will get a feeling which seems to pull us out of our comfort zone. Often, if not always, we are met with a sinister voice telling us that we are not equipped to do something so wonderful, so we might as well not. Nick shares a story about a peer of his who had a long life of abuse, mental illness and childhood trauma; a personal story which would make...

This blog is designed to give people an inner look at a devotional life. Taking time each day to spend time with the Lord. The hope is if you travel on this journey with Rev. Jacob Shaw, you may be more inclined to spend time with the Lord as well. I encourage the use of a devotional, a scripture reading and prayer, then finally a song, hymn or selection of poetry to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Vujicic, Nick.  Limitless Devotions for a Ridiculously Good Life . Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook Press, 2013. pp 124-126. Opening Thought: In the devotion reading for today, Nick Vujicic speaks about his calling and how it was placed before him in contrast to the path that was originally suggested to him. I won’t get into his details, but the point is that it can be challenging to know where God is calling you. When I was high school, I always wanted to be in one of two profession, either a carpenter or a police officer. A builder or sustainer if...

This blog is designed to give people an inner look at a devotional life. Taking time each day to spend time with the Lord. The hope is if you travel on this journey with Rev. Jacob Shaw, you may be more inclined to spend time with the Lord as well. I encourage the use of a devotional, a scripture reading and prayer, then finally a song, hymn or selection of poetry to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Vujicic, Nick.  Limitless Devotions for a Ridiculously Good Life . Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook Press, 2013. pp 121-123. Opening Thought: As I am writing this as the year approaches Christmas, I see many houses in my neighborhood with lights shining bright in the darkness. I am always marveled at the displays I see at Christmas partly because of the outward effort people put into them. Lights have the initial start costs, electric additional cost each season, and not to mention the manual labor of putting them up and taking them down each year. ...