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 some form of artistic mark to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Zacharias, Ravi.  The Logic of God: 52 Christian Essentials for the Heart and Mind . Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019. [E-Book] Chapter 14: The Heart of God Opening Thought: Today’s reading is a very profound and reflective piece. He pulls from the Book of Hosea in the Bible and tell us the story of Hosea, a prophet called by God. Now prophets were challenge by God in their service, but Hosea has a unique life circumstance that really cries a truth like no other. Hosea is married to Gomer, a woman who continually breaks their vows of marriage to continue a ...

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 some form of artistic mark to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Zacharias, Ravi.  The Logic of God: 52 Christian Essentials for the Heart and Mind . Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019. [E-Book] Chapter 13: Every Thread Matters Opening Thought: Today’s reading from Zacharias felt more like a normal devotional, rather than an apologetic. However, any time you offer testimonial, in my opinion, you are doing the work of apologetics. Regardless, the notion that God is working intimately in our lives was the focal point. Zacharias speaks of a time where he felt he was going nowhere in life and therefore he tried to pursue a lif...

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 some form of artistic mark to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Zacharias, Ravi.  The Logic of God: 52 Christian Essentials for the Heart and Mind . Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019. [E-Book] Chapter 12: A Royal Wedding Just Like Mine Opening Thought: Eventually I knew I would come along a chapter that talked about marriage or romantic love in relation to our marriage as a church (the bride) to Christ (the bridegroom). I knew this would come up because any theologian worth their salt should look into marriage as a metaphor because it navigates the bond between us and Christ so wonderfully. Plus, having has seen several ...

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 some form of artistic mark to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Zacharias, Ravi.  The Logic of God: 52 Christian Essentials for the Heart and Mind . Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019. [E-Book] Chapter 11: Crossing Bridges Opening Thought: Well, there is a lot to cover today, buckle up! There are several points Zacharias makes that shift us towards a crucial difference between Christianity and other religions and other world views. I feel that this chapter would have made an amazing book, if it had been more flushed out.   Let us begin with the scripture used as it really does set the stage well. The devotional beg...

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 some form of artistic mark to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Zacharias, Ravi.  The Logic of God: 52 Christian Essentials for the Heart and Mind . Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019. [E-Book] Chapter 10: Chasing Shadows Opening Thought: When we looked at Nick Vujicic’s book Limitless prior to our current book, I spent some time reflecting on Ehlers Danlos Syndrome; a condition to which I suffer from. During that devotional time, I was sitting in the reflective camp of, God bless the broken road. I was finding time to appreciate the pain and suffering in my life, because God used it to help shape who I am today. In toda...

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 some form of artistic mark to tie it all together.  Today's devotional is taken from: Zacharias, Ravi.  The Logic of God: 52 Christian Essentials for the Heart and Mind . Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019. [E-Book] Chapter 8: Shutting the Gate Opening Thought: Recently I have taken on some fascination with controversial author Jordan B. Peterson. He is controversial due to his objection to speech laws in Canada, around the issues of force langue with gender pronouns. I will not get into that debate, though it is fascinating itself. What I find so fascinating about Peterson is that one of his major focuses of his work has been trying to unders...