by Joaquin Gonzalez | Jul 28, 2022 | Grace Notes
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.” – Revelations 3:7 ESV Closed doors… we hate them… they’re frustrating…...
by Joaquin Gonzalez | Jun 12, 2022 | Grace Notes
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28 Early wake calls… rushing to work… commuting nightmares… kids to drop off… kids to pick up… Or Endless chores to do… shopping and waiting on long lines… no time to sleep,...
by Joaquin Gonzalez | Jun 4, 2022 | Grace Notes
“For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!” – 2 Corinthians 4:17 NLT Troubles… Trials… tribulations… difficulties…. They are painful, unpleasant, and we think...
by Joaquin Gonzalez | Jun 1, 2022 | Grace Notes
“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.” – Ecclesiastes 10:8 KJV We don’t much like boundaries… they make us feel constrained… restricted… stifled… I was reading a devotional by Meredith Houston Carr titled...
by Joaquin Gonzalez | May 25, 2022 | Grace Notes
“A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.” – Proverbs 17:22 Amplified Last year I did a series on the Dangers of Toxic Emotions. I talked about a host of illness and conditions that can be medically...
by Joaquin Gonzalez | Apr 17, 2022 | Grace Notes
“Jesus knew that His mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture He said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to His lips. When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is...
