Author Archives: Don Schmidt

Mark 1:40-42  A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”  41Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he … Continue reading →

Mark 1:40-42  A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”  41Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he … Continue reading →

James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. This morning I woke up with a thought running through my mind and it was … Continue reading →

1 John 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. When we moved to Franklin, TN it was a reintroduction for me to high humidity … Continue reading →

1 John 2:16  For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. Years ago when our first two … Continue reading →

Philippians 1:27a  Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Have you ever thought about the fact that so much of our lives we are representing someone or something?  At work we represent our employer.  … Continue reading →

John 9:25b “ …One thing I do know.  I was blind but now I see!” I think we all are thrilled when our grasp of the obvious is working.  For some of us, it’s like a visitor who only shows … Continue reading →

John 9:1-3 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.  His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”  “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but … Continue reading →

Isaiah 6:9-10  He said, “Go and tell this people: ” ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’  10 Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes.  Otherwise they … Continue reading →

Isaiah 9:6-7 For many years I tended to stay away from the Prophetic Books of the Old Testament.  My studies would take me to the Prophets, but I wouldn’t sit down and just read them through.  I was more interested … Continue reading →