Monthly Archives: April 2025

Sunday April 20, 2025 – Resurrection Sunday – He is risen!!!

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Luke 24:30-32  30When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32They … Continue reading →

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Saturday April 19, 2025 – Holy Saturday – Imagine their pain and sense of loss

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’” Any understanding of the … Continue reading →

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Friday April 18, 2025 – Good Friday – Peter’s pain and God’s encouragement!

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Luke 22:61-62  The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter.  Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”  62And he went outside and wept bitterly. I … Continue reading →

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Thursday April 17, 2025 – Consider what Peter and the disciples went through today

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Mark 14:27-31  27“You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written:  ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ 28But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”   29Peter declared, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday April 16, 2025 – But even if He doesn’t…

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Daniel 3:16-18  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to … Continue reading →

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Tuesday April 15, 2025 – Missing the Lord in the midst of pain and difficulties

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Ruth 1:20, 21 “Don’t call me Naomi, “she told them.” Call me Mara, (bitter) because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? … Continue reading →

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Monday April 14, 2025 – Buffeted by the storms around us

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Proverbs 9:10b  and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding Why is this happening?  Why did that happen?  How could that happen?  I don’t understand! How often are these expressions in our minds, on our lips and evidence of a … Continue reading →

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Sunday April 13, 2025 – Palm Sunday

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Don Schmidt

John 12:17-19 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, was there giving eyewitness accounts. It was because they had spread the word of this latest God-sign that the … Continue reading →

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Saturday April 12, 2025 – Do we desire recognition?

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Don Schmidt

Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. President Reagan had this wonderful plaque on his desk: … Continue reading →

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Friday April 11, 2025 – Comparing our Jesus walk to a speedboat and a sailboat

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Don Schmidt

John 3:8  “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” Think about the differences between a … Continue reading →

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