Category Archives: Devotional Thoughts

Make Your Home In Me

Posted on May 25, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Lord, make my heart your home. Is that the cry of your heart? Do you long for the kind of intimacy with God that Jesus describes in our text? Continue reading →

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David Danced

Posted on May 24, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

There is often a temptation to judge others during worship—their attitudes, their behaviors. This is a dangerous distraction that keeps us from worshiping God as we ought. Don’t worry about other people. Focus on God and worship him with all your might. Continue reading →

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The Humble King

Posted on May 23, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

The way of greatness in the kingdom is found in the towel. It is the way of the King who humbles himself to meet the needs of the servant. It is an example he intended for us to follow. Continue reading →

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Out of the Shadows

Posted on May 22, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus came as the Light of the world to bring us out of the darkness and into the light. His signs showed forth the glorious light that we might believe. Yet people reacted in different ways to the light. Continue reading →

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Extravagant Worship

Posted on May 21, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Don’t miss the opportunity to worship Jesus: practically, joyfully and extravagantly. Focus on Jesus, not yourself, and find joy in his presence. He is worthy of our worship in its many forms and expressions. Continue reading →

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Sometimes God Waits

Posted on May 20, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Sometimes God waits. Sometimes this is because he wants to bring greater glory. Sometimes it is because he wants to stretch our faith and teach us to trust him more deeply. Sometimes it is because he loves us and has something he wants to accomplish in our lives that he requires us to wait. Continue reading →

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Mercy Triumphs

Posted on May 19, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Instead of taking things into his own hands, David leaves judgment to the Lord. Continue reading →

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Speculation or Expectation?

Posted on May 17, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

When things go wrong in our lives, don’t we do the same thing? We wonder, “What did I do to deserve this?” But Jesus reminds us that the bigger question is, “God, how will you work in this situation so that the works of God will be displayed in this?” Continue reading →

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Disciples Find Freedom

Posted on May 16, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

But how does he find freedom? Such freedom is found in relationship. Jesus spoke of his own relationship with God the Father this way: “I do know him and obey his word” (55). Knowing God—entering into a relationship with him—is that which brings us from the domain of the “Father of Lies” to the kingdom of God. It is that which sets us free from our slavery to sin. We are no longer slaves, but children of God. Continue reading →

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Big Problems

Posted on May 15, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Before Goliath could finish laughing, David had landed a stone in just the right location. Goliath fell to the ground. Continue reading →

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