http://devotions.whispersfromthewilderness.com Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:01:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Be on your guard against…hypocrisy” (Luke 12:1) Hypocrisy is called yeast. I have to ask myself: what does yeast do? It leavens, rises. What does it look like? infuse, suffuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven means to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. What does it ... http://devotions.whispersfromthewilderness.com/?p=143 I just lost use of my phone! It​ fell and​ broke. And this happened while on vacation​. The insides were coming out, so it is without resuscitation via two Verizon reps. ​This might disturb a whole society similarly. For me this means the temporary loss of my watch/clock, weather/news update, ... http://devotions.whispersfromthewilderness.com/?p=142 In these first months of Iranian-American Pastor Saeed’s release from prison, I am taking special note of things arising out of him as he decompresses from the ordeal. Within the body of what he shared at Liberty University convocation, these quotes emerged: "Our Lord is above all these things," Abedini said. ... http://devotions.whispersfromthewilderness.com/?p=141 Who is the Enemy? With so much combative clatter overhead in an election year and being disillusioned by ones of would-be virtue getting caught into the web of justifications and attacks, we sometimes have to ask ourselves: “Who really is the enemy?” “We are brothers…” Deep down Abram(ham) and Lot embraced this. ... http://devotions.whispersfromthewilderness.com/?p=140 We can certainly understand why a crowd would respond when seeing miraculous healings of every kind (Mt 15:31). They put all the honor on Jesus; they were "ascribing honor to Him, acknowledging Him as to His acts and His glory because Jesus' innate glory was brought to light." But does ... http://devotions.whispersfromthewilderness.com/?p=139