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by Pastor Jack Wellman | Jesus knew there would be a storm coming, and He knows when ours will come. These storms might be God’s voice saying, “Where is your faith?” These storms of life hit every believer from time to time, and they will test our faith to see if it is the genuine thing or not. This testing of our faith is not intended to discourage us but to...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Where is your faith? Do you trust Me?#Pastor Jack Wellman#April 25#2023#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | Of all the books written by Paul, the Book of Philippians by far had the most mention of prayer in it. This has been called the Epistle (letter) of Joy. And no wonder this may have been Paul’s favorite church; they were so full of joy. Paul writes Philippians 4:6 as a command to be in prayer about everything, to let their...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Philippians 4:6#When is the best time to talk to Me?#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | Our finite human minds cannot see around the corner of the next moment, so it is so difficult for us to comprehend how God knows what will happen tomorrow before tomorrow is even here, yet God declares those things which are not yet as though they already are. This should give us confidence to trust God with our future, shouldn’t it? Jesus, as God Himself, told the disciples what will happen before it even comes to pass so that they...
#Rhetorical Jesus#Pastor Jack Wellman#devotional#Isaiah 42:9#If God can tell the future and He loves you why are you afraid of letting him lead you?#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | How can we possibly feed someone who is our enemy? Remember that at one time we also were enemies of God; and while still enemies of His, Christ died for us (Romans 5:10). In this sense, we are to die to ourselves and pray for those who hate us (Matthew 5:44). This, of course, is a supernatural, God-given ability; you won’t be able to...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Romans 12:20#How do you respond to and interact with your enemies?#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | When Jesus gave the Parable of the Persistent Widow, He wanted to tell His listening audience that they ought to never give up just because they haven’t received an answer yet. He told them about a widow’s persistence in petitioning an unjust judge for help and how time and again he refused to help her, but it was because of her persistence that...
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | A man came up to Jesus asking Him what he must do to inherit eternal life (Matt 19:16). That was his first mistake. It’s not what we can do, but what Jesus has done. Jesus set the standard of doing good by living a sinless life, but this man’s mind was set on “doing something,” so Jesus told him if he wants eternal life, to keep the commandments (Matt 19:17). For some reason the man asked Jesus which commandments, and then...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#What good thing must you do to inherit eternal life?#Matthew 19:17#April 27#2023#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | The Bible says that the fear of man is a stumbling block and ends up as a snare to us (Proverbs 29:25). This is what kept many of the Jews in Jesus’ day from publicly professing belief in Him. A lot of people believed in Jesus, but they were afraid to say anything. They were more worried about the Pharisees finding out...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Do you stand for what you believe in or are you pleasing others?#Galatians 1:10#rhetoricaljesus.com
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Peter wanted to know where Jesus was going, and Christ told Peter that where He was going, Peter couldn’t follow (John 13:36), but Peter kept insisting. Peter really had no idea what was to come. Jesus indicated before Calvary that He was going away, and so Peter asked Jesus if he could follow Him. When Jesus tried to tell him that...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Jack Wellman#Why can’t you follow Me?#John 13:37#May 2#2023#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | God gives every single person in the church a gift of the Spirit, and I am convinced they have more than one. These gifts are not for show, not for bragging about, and not for our own purposes but to build up and encourage the church. We are to serve one another...
#What have you done today to make someone’s life better?#Rhetorical Jesus#Pastor Jack Wellman#1 Peter 4:10#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | It has always been a mystery why Jesus cried out that His God had forsaken Him. Was it because God is too holy to even look at sin and, since Jesus had taken upon Himself all of our sins, that God had to turn away (Hab 1:13)? Is this why there were several hours of darkness at Calvary? Notice that this is the only time when Jesus referred to God as My God and not as His Father. Was it because in His humanity He was bearing...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Why did God forsake Me at the cross?#Matthew 27:46#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | Have you ever noticed that when you pray about things, you have more of a sense of peace and your mind is put at ease? I never knew my real father, so I would often talk to my uncle about life. I was always more at ease or peace after talking to him. In a much greater fashion, if we communicate to Jesus frequently...
#Have you noticed a sense of ease when you communicate with Me more?#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Psalm 119:165#December 16#2022#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | You cannot separate Jesus from His Word any more than you can take Jesus out of the Bible and still call it the Bible. Jesus is said to be the living Word of God Himself (John 1:1), and the Word that became flesh is none other than Jesus Christ (John 1:14). God has left us a love letter, and it begins in Genesis 1:1 and ends in Revelation 22:21. When was the last time you...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Did you read the note I left you today? It starts in Genesis 1:1#April 12#2023#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | Years ago when I worked for the government, I had a very diversified portfolio because I wanted to spread out my risk, thereby reducing the chances of having a great loss if stocks plummeted or crashed. I had no idea what the stock market would do, but God always knows what the future holds (Eccl 8:7). When the...
#Rhetorical Jesus#Pastor Jack Wellman#Who do you want making your life goals?#Isaiah 46:9-10#April 6#2023#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | In Romans 12:2 Paul tells the church at Rome to not be conformed to the world. The Greek word for “conformed” is an interesting one. It’s “syschēmatizō” and where we get the word “schematic” or a pattern, and it means “to be fashioned into.” So Paul is saying we’re not to be fashioned or patterned after the world because we are not really of this world. The word...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Romans 12:2#Are you influencing the world or is it influencing you?#February 7#2023#rhetoricaljesus.com
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | Jesus said some very hard sayings in His earthly ministry, like whoever loves their life will lose it but whoever hates their life in this world will receive eternal life (John 12:25). Try telling that to someone who’s not a Christian–you’re probably going to see a puzzled look on their face. But what Jesus was saying was that if we love living our...
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by Pastor Jack Wellman | Have you been thinking about doing something that God has laid on your heart for a long time but you’ve been putting it off? What is it for you? Is it trying to start that home Bible study? Is it inviting your neighbor to church for the first time? Is it accepting the...
#Rhetorical Jesus#devotional#Pastor Jack Wellman#Ephesians 5:15-16#February 23#2023#rhetoricaljesus.com
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