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 52: Giving All Opening Thought: Today is the final reading from  The Logic of God, and I must say I have enjoyed this book a lot. Zacharias gave us many things to think about and questions to help us strengthen our relationship with God. When we started this book, I was hesitant due to Zacharias’ moral failings in his sexual misconduct scandals, but I wanted to look pass his sinful issues to see what value could b...

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 51: Where God Was Homeless Opening Thought: We are on the second last reading for the Logic of God , and I think this might just be my favorite. As this is a devotional with 52 entries, I assume Zacharias put a few Christmas themed entries towards the end on purpose. He talks about Christmas gathering were his family hosted a lonely person for Christmas. Zacharias always being on the road, relished his Christmases as a time...

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 50: Peace Like A River Opening Thought: Today’s reading looks at the peace one gets in their relationship with Jesus. This is a peace I have come to know more and more over the last few years. There are many reasons why peace comes to people with faith. There is the rest in the assurance of salvation, there is the calm in the truth that you were made by a creator whose wisdom and knowledge transcend all we could ever compre...

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 49: Safely into the Unknown Opening Thought: “ In dying you live. In surrendering, you win. ” These are words quoted by Zacharias from an Easter Vigil, stated by an unnamed preacher, which inspired a person outside of the faith to think critically about what the message of the Gospel is. It may seem weird or out of place for the words “dying” and “surrendering” to be markers for success. The Gospels tell us the story of God...

  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 48: Finding the Perfect Gift Opening Thought: There is an Alan Jackson song, a love song, which says, “That I love you like all little children love pennies”. There is a simple and wonderful joy that children get over things that adults would easily cast away without a second glance. But that love and appreciation for simple things is, sadly, something that seems to fade over time, only to be rediscovered late in 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 47: Are You Lonely? Opening Thought: When I read the title of today’s reading, Are You Lonely, I first thought of the song by Elvis Presley, Are You Lonesome Tonight?” Zacharias also begun his reading by noting the Elvis song. I remember as a child I heard that song a fare bit, my father being and Elvis fan, and as a result so am I, Elvis would often play in our home. When hearing this particular song as a child, it would g...

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 46: Is It Worth It? Opening Thought: Today's reading from Zacharias asks whether the pursuit of truth and the pursuit of God is worth it. The reader should be able to predict that a Christian apologist would give an affirming stance to the seeking of God and truth. Zacharias opens the reading by comparing the experience of astronauts, telling the story of how one atheist astronaut goes into space and upon experiencing the w...

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 45: Coping with Life’s Turbulence Opening Thought: Zacharias speaks on the topic of wisdom. We are all born in different contexts for our lives. Some are born in wealth, others are born to poverty, some are born able-bodied, while others can be born in pain and disabled. Our context which we are born in can be vast, but our lives give a chance to gain something, something we all have access to, but it is often forsaken for ...