Author Archives: kenbarnes

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. (1 John 1:9 NLT)   When we confess our sin, God always forgives us.  Even people we have sinned against will sometimes forgive us, but the real problem may be […]

  Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priest and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver. (Matthew 26:14-15 NLT) Thirty Pieces of Silver   The Bible says. “For the love of money is the root of all […]

I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”  (Job 42:5-6 NLT) Knowing about God is not the same thing as knowing God.  It was not until Job had experienced the painful […]

But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. (Job 2:10 NLT)   Believe God’s Word Amid Job’s trials, his wife asked him if he was still trying to maintain his integrity.  […]

If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha!  (1 Corinthians 16:22 NASB)   2020 has been a perilous year.  The world has been devastated by an unseen virus.  Our country seems to be divided more than ever along racial, political, and cultural lines.  We have just finished an election cycle […]

One generation will praise Your works to another,And will declare Your mighty acts. (Psalms 145:4 NASB)   We are all in debt to Christ for his marvelous grace and the previous generation who told us about that grace.  We, in turn, pay our indebtedness by telling the next generation about God’s unmerited favor.  We all […]

Don’t put out the Spirit’s fire. (1 Thessalonians 5:19 GW)  William Bordon, after he graduated from high school in 1904, was called to be a missionary. At different points in Bordon’s short life, he wrote in the back of his Bible, no reserves, no retreats, no regrets.  Though he came from a very wealthy family, […]