Our Given Purpose with Torrie Slaughter

Bible Study & Devotional Day 63 📌 Read Today's Passages (March 4, 2022) Guiding Scripture : Mark 11:28, “They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right to do them?” 🔴 Are You Living in your Spiritual Authority in Christ? Contributing Writer: Christina Price The dictionary defines authority as (1) the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 62 📌 Read Today's Passages (March 3, 2022) Guiding Scripture:  Mark 11:13-14, “ And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.   And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. “...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 61 📌 Read Today's Passages March 2, 2022 Guiding Scripture : Mark 10:46-52 🔴 Healing Faith Written By Torrie Slaughter Our circle of confidants may change as a result of seeking to be healed. We read about the blind beggar, Bartimaeus, crying out to be healed by Jesus, but he was told to be quiet: to stop yelling. Jesus had already performed many miracles; everyo...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 60 📌 Read Today's Passages March 1, 2022 Guiding Scripture : Mark 10:21 "Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 🔴 Grasping at Shadows Written By Torrie Slaughter Bedtime Stories When I was a child, I read lots of Aesop Fables...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 59 📌 Read Today's Passages February 28, 2022 Guiding Scripture : Leviticus 22:22  Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. 🔴 Unwanted Offerings written by Torrie Slaughter The Lord would not accept an of...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 58 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 27, 2022) 🔴 An Unfortunate Opportunity Contributing Writer: Holly Rigos Have you ever felt wrongly accused? Trapped by rumors, gossip, and/or false accusations? Even the man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14) felt despair and suffering. Despair, suffering, tragedy, and persecution will come. It is up to us to learn how to...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 57 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 26, 2022) Guiding Scripture: Mark 8:27-30: ​​Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets.”...

📌 Bible Study & Devotional (Day 56) Read Today's Passages (February 25, 2022) Guiding Scripture:  Psalm 41:1-13 Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. 2  The Lord protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land— he does not give them over to the desire of their foes. 3  The Lord sustains them on th...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 55 Read Today's Passages February 24, 2022 🔴 Humanity Rules written by: Torrie Slaughter Can we focus on God? Words to Ponder Ritual- done following social custom or standard protocol Hypocrisy- the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense. Apostasy- the abandonment or renunciatio...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 54 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 23, 2022) Guiding Scripture: Mark 6:30-34, "The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.  31  Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."  3...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 53 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 22, 2022) 🔴 At All Cost Contributing Writer: Irvine Saint-Vilus In today's society, it is much more comfortable and painless to follow the crowd than to stand up for what you believe in, especially if that means doing so at a cost to a person's livelihood or even their life. The brave souls who choose to take a stand against w...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 52 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 21, 2022) 🔴 Ask For It Contributing Writer: Kendra Dublin Jesus felt his power come out of him! In a crowd full of people, he felt the touch of one person through her faith. Through the persistence of one woman, he lost power. I can’t imagine all the mental, physical, spiritual suffering and fatigue this lady went through. Yea...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 51 📌 Read Today's Passages February 20, 2022 Guiding Scripture : Mark 4:39-40  "..Silence, Be still!" Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Then he asked them, "Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?" 🔴 Faith In The Storm written by: LaVonda McCullough Have you ever experienced chaos all around and felt that God had abandoned you? I...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 50 Read Today's Passages February 19, 2022 Guiding Scripture : Psalm 37:21 Sinful people borrow and don't pay back. But those who are godly give freely to others. 🔴 The Sin Nature Thomas Carlyle wrote, " The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin." Christ-followers know that dealing with personal sin is essential for any spiritual life. Sin is a barrier an...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 49) 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 18, 2022) Guiding Scripture:  Leviticus 6:6-7 And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.   7 In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 48 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 17, 2022) 🔴 The Seriousness of Sin Contributing Writer: Lindsey Capron The book of Leviticus is the book of the Bible that is cast in the darkest shadows in Christian culture. Pastors hardly want to preach from it, and it’s undoubtedly not enthusiastically discussed in Bible Studies. With its six hundred plus rules on how to l...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 47) 📌 Read Today’s Passages (February 16, 2022) 🔴 When Healing Happens Contributing Writer: Tiffiany Langston Can you imagine being in the presence of Jesus and the only thing you're focused on is yourself? That's exactly what occurs quite often. We might not ‘see’ Jesus as they did in the scripture, but we can be in the presence of Jesus, have a one on one enco...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 46 Read Today's Passages February 15, 2022 Guiding Scripture : Psalm 35:9 "And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: It shall rejoice in his salvation. 🔴 Abide in the Lord written by: Torrie Slaughter We begin the Gospel according to Mark, believed to be the first written work. The church tradition considers Peter the Apostle the source of Mark's account of Je...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 45 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 14, 2022) 🔴 Serve the Lord Guiding Scripture : Proverbs 9:11 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. We serve a living God. Our reading in Exodus 37 & 38 today continues the elaborate detail of making the tabernacle's furniture. The gold reflected God's strength, and th...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 44 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 13, 2022) Guiding Scripture:  Psalm 34:9 "Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!" 🔴 Skillful Workers written by: Torrie Slaughter Exodus 36:1-38 is an inspiring chapter and one we as Christ-followers should carefully consider. We read the "second coming" of Moses from Mount Sinai carrying...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 43 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 12, 2021) Guiding Scripture: Proverbs 9:6 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight." 🔴 All Are Welcome ! written by: Torrie Slaughter When we plan to have guests our home gets a thorough cleansing; everything from the bathrooms to the fish tank is cleaned. Extra care goes to the guest bedroom, and...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 42 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 11, 2022) Guiding Scripture: Proverbs 8:33-36, "Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it. 34 Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. 35 For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord. 36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 41) 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 10, 2022) Guiding Scripture : Proverbs 8:27-32 🔴 God-consciousness is Wisdom Contributing Writer: Temi Michael-O Proverbs 8:27-32 begins with a message from wisdom. Who is this “wisdom”? Jesus is the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:30), and he has always been with the Father. When we have our eyes and hearts set on Jesus, we...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 40) 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 9, 2022) Focal Passage: Matthew 26: 14-46 Guiding Scripture : Matthew 26:40-41,"Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 🔴 In...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 39) 📌 Read Today's Passages (February 8, 2022) 🔴 The Divinity in the Details Contributing Writer: Stephanie Bright Details, details, details- it's all in the details. Designers and planners would all agree. T he Details Matter: Add Elegance Beauty Functionality In Exodus chapter 28, we see an entire list of requirements and instructions regarding the building of...