As I sit down to type this month’s blog (and the accompanying content for my podcast episode), I’m pondering a subject I’ve never really discussed in much detail — to my knowledge. Even as I think about this topic, I…
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Apr 5 2023
Hymns That I Love: Jesus Paid It All
I hear the Savior say,
"Thy strength indeed is small,
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all."
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed…

Mar 1 2023
What's Next Lord?
As I sit down to pen this month’s blog (and what also doubles as the opening podcast episode for March), I have a lot on my mind. God is stirring. He’s moving in hearts and moving in places that have…
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Feb 1 2023
The Temptation Of Jesus
As I began this year, I wanted to take a more direct approach to my Bible reading in a way I haven’t done in previous years. Many of you may know the impact the books of wisdom have had on…
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Jan 4 2023
Buy The Field!
Yet You, O Lord God, have said to me, “Buy the field for money and get witnesses”—though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 32:25
As I started to do some personal and ministerial vision-casting for…
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Dec 7 2022
Why Christmas Still Matters
With the turning of the calendar, the march to Christmas is upon us. Each year it comes up so fast, doesn’t it? I find myself wanting to put the trimmings up earlier and start the baking (and eating) sooner just…
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Nov 2 2022
Is It All Just Meaningless?
Well as we end 2022 in a few short weeks, I have to consider what this year has brought and where life’s twists and turns have brought us as a society and for me and my family. It’s been a…
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Oct 5 2022
Lessons From The Psalms
Because Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:3,4
I’ve been reading over the Psalms…
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Sep 7 2022
The Platform You Have
Is this one for the people?
Is this one for the Lord?
Or do I simply serenade
For things I must afford?
From the DC Talk song “What If I Stumble?”
With the opportunity to play and perform my own…
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Aug 3 2022
Sleeping Well In The Fire
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8
In the midst of the chaos of this world, there are so many reminders in Scripture that help us…
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Jul 6 2022
Keep Building The Wall
Alright, alright. I know the title of this month’s blog might seem a bit misleading. Someone might even say, “Oh you used that just as click bait…”, i.e. a means to get more visits to this page. I can understand…
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Jun 1 2022
God Fights For You!
“You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out…
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May 4 2022
The Weight Of The Call
Coming up on the halfway mark of the year, I sometimes do a bit of self-evaluation. I usually come into a new year with a lot of goals and good intentions, but often find myself losing steam around May-June. Some…
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Apr 6 2022
Are You Ready For The Showdown?
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell…
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Mar 2 2022
A World On Fire
If you are like me, the events over the past couple years and even the last few months have been nothing short of monumental. It has been a roller coaster in many ways; going from one thing to the next…
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Feb 2 2022
Conduct Matters
As I begin this month’s blog, let me just start by asking “How is your 2022 so far?” Many are off and running and making good on plans, goals, resolutions, and so forth. And perhaps some didn’t get as much…
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Jan 5 2022
New Year, New You
***Please note: As previously mentioned, the blog of the week is moving to a monthly format. These monthly blogs and wice weekly devotionals will still go out if you are on my mailing list (sign up here: https://derekcharlesjohnson.com/as-bold-as-lions). Additionally,…
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Dec 29 2021
It's Time To Dream Again
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Joel 2:28
As…
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Dec 22 2021
Away In A Manger (Songs Of The Season)
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the sky
Looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep in the hay
The cattle are lowing …
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Dec 15 2021
O Come All Ye Faithful (Songs Of The Season)
O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of Angels
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let…

Dec 8 2021
What Child Is This? (Songs Of The Season)
What Child is this Who, laid to rest
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste, to bring…

Dec 1 2021
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Songs Of The Season)
Hark! The herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled.”
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies,
With th’angelic host proclaim:
“Christ is born in Bethlehem.” …

Nov 24 2021
As For Me And My House — Joshua 24:15 (My Favorite Verses)
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land…
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Nov 17 2021
His Eye Is On The Sparrow — Matthew 6:25-27 (My Favorite Verses)
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than…
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Nov 10 2021
Fighting With The Right Weapon — 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 (My Favorite Verses)
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2…
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