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…
Read moreFeb 2 2022
Feb 2 2022
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…
Read moreJan 5 2022
***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,…
Read moreDec 29 2021
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…
Read moreDec 22 2021
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 …
Read moreDec 15 2021
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 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,
“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
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…
Read moreNov 17 2021
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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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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Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5,6
Going into this last month of the year before…
Read moreOct 27 2021
(Every year in October, I take some blogs from over the past few years that have resonated perhaps more deeply and repost them as the blog of the week. Praying that this content will be a blessing to you --…
Read moreOct 20 2021
(Every year in October, I take some blogs from over the past few years that have resonated perhaps more deeply and repost them as the blog of the week. Praying that this content will be a blessing to you --…
Read moreOct 13 2021
(Every year in October, I take some blogs from over the past few years that have resonated perhaps more deeply and repost them as the blog of the week. Praying that this content will be a blessing to you --…
Read moreOct 6 2021
(Every year in October, I take some blogs from over the past few years that have resonated perhaps more deeply and repost them as the blog of the week. Praying that this content will be a blessing to you --…
Read moreSep 29 2021
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4
In reworking and bringing this series back for a few weeks…
Read moreSep 22 2021
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise, you perceive my thoughts from afar. You hem me in — behind and before. Search me, O God, and know my…
Read moreSep 15 2021
Back in 2019, I published a blog entitled I Will Not Be Shaken. It really was a response to much of what I’ve noticed in Christianity. Certain voices who had once been given a platform in the faith community…
Read moreSep 8 2021
With this Letters To The Hurting series I’ve been compelled to put myself in the shoes of the respective audience each week. For me, last week’s topic was easy to identify with (Dear Worn Out & Weary). My…
Read moreSep 1 2021
Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength. It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. Charles Spurgeon
I’m dusting off and reintroducing a…
Read moreAug 25 2021
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of…
Read moreAug 18 2021
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of…
Read moreAug 11 2021
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of…
Read moreJul 28 2021
When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai, he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief…
Read moreJul 21 2021
But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel. Acts 6:10,15
Often the…
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