Dewayne Smith He Spared Not His Own Son He did not even spare His own Son, but offered Him up for us all; how will He not also with Him grant us everything?—Romans 8:32 If you ever feel that you are so insignificant that God does not care aboutRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Fresh Encounters with Christ What we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may have fellowship along with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that ourRead More …

 Dewayne Smith · The Risen Lord His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow, His eyes like a fiery flame, His feet like fine bronze fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading waters.—Revelation 1:14–15 At times it is tempting to conclude: “If onlyRead More …

  Dewayne Smith ·  Death Brings Much Fruit “I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop.”—John 12:24 Some things must die in order to be productive. Certain seeds will not germinateRead More …

  Dewayne Smith · Christ Must Reorient You Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in their boat mending their nets. Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men andRead More …

  Dewayne Smith ·  God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways.” [This is] the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”—IsaiahRead More …

 Dewayne Smith · Testing Reveals Your Heart Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands. HeRead More …

 Dewayne Smith · Reverence Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that He has inaugurated for us, through the curtain (that is, His flesh). . . —Hebrews 10:19–20 Our generation lacks a sense of wonder and reverenceRead More …

 Dewayne Smith · The Extraordinary in the Midst of the Ordinary Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed. So Moses thought: I must go overRead More …

 Dewayne Smith Knowing God This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One You have sent—Jesus Christ.—John 17:3 Knowing God through experience is radically different than knowing about God from a theology textbook. According to the Bible, you cannot say you know GodRead More …