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Welcome aboard, Guest Writers!
Raisins & Apples is thrilled to welcome three awesome guest writers –
Ming, Daniel, and Ed! 🎉 🎉 🎉
They are great brothers, mentors, and shepherds of my church. Their sermons and daily devotionals have been a blessing to many, including myself. It is definitely my honor and pleasure to have them sharing their Bible knowledge and devotional writing here with us!
What Raisins & Apples is about
God has given all of us a garden to tend for, and here is a little piece of mine. This is a place where I would like to share my thoughts and things I learned from my daily Bible devotion and studies, and experiences of my journey with Jesus and His family. May you taste and enjoy the sweetness of His word, and find strength in the Lord.
Latest from the Blog
I love you, the Father Himself loves you as loving me (John 15-17 Devotional)
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. JOHN 15:9 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God JOHN 16:27 (Jesus prayed to the Father) I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the… Continue reading I love you, the Father Himself loves you as loving me (John 15-17 Devotional)
I will Eat With Him (Revelation 3:20-21 Devotional)
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down… Continue reading I will Eat With Him (Revelation 3:20-21 Devotional)
Nobody (Acts 2:32-36 Devotional)
32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the… Continue reading Nobody (Acts 2:32-36 Devotional)
The Power of Resurrection (Acts 2:22-31 Devotional)
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by… Continue reading The Power of Resurrection (Acts 2:22-31 Devotional)
When the Holy Spirit Came (Acts 2:14-21 Devotional)
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. … Continue reading When the Holy Spirit Came (Acts 2:14-21 Devotional)
A Life of Ascent (Psalm 134, Song of Ascents, Devotional)
Psalm 134 A Song of Ascents 1 Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord! 2 Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord! 3 May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth! This… Continue reading A Life of Ascent (Psalm 134, Song of Ascents, Devotional)
What is Good and Pleasant? (Psalm 133, A Song of Ascents of David, Devotional)
Psalm 133 A Song of Ascents of David Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! 3 It is like the dew of… Continue reading What is Good and Pleasant? (Psalm 133, A Song of Ascents of David, Devotional)
A Time to Pray, a Time to Act (Exodus 14:15-20 Devotional)
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. 16 Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. 17 And I will harden the hearts… Continue reading A Time to Pray, a Time to Act (Exodus 14:15-20 Devotional)
Keep Calm by the Raging Sea (Exodus 14:10-14 Devotional)
10 When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. 11 They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away… Continue reading Keep Calm by the Raging Sea (Exodus 14:10-14 Devotional)
“Lord, Please Send Someone Else” (Exodus 4:10-17 Devotional)
But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” 11 Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or… Continue reading “Lord, Please Send Someone Else” (Exodus 4:10-17 Devotional)
A Call to the Father before Returning Home (John 17:1-5 Devotional)
17 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is… Continue reading A Call to the Father before Returning Home (John 17:1-5 Devotional)
Turning Sorrow into Joy, in Just a Little While (John 16:16-22 Devotional)
16 “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you… Continue reading Turning Sorrow into Joy, in Just a Little While (John 16:16-22 Devotional)
When the Spirit of Truth Comes (John 16:12-15 Devotional)
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things… Continue reading When the Spirit of Truth Comes (John 16:12-15 Devotional)
When Seeing is Not Believing (John 12:37-43 Devotional)
When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has… Continue reading When Seeing is Not Believing (John 12:37-43 Devotional)
Jesus, the Man of Sorrows (John 12:27-36 Devotional)
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard… Continue reading Jesus, the Man of Sorrows (John 12:27-36 Devotional)
I know where I’m Going (John 12:20-26)
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour… Continue reading I know where I’m Going (John 12:20-26)
Hosanna, blessed be the King of my life! (John 12:12-19)
The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus… Continue reading Hosanna, blessed be the King of my life! (John 12:12-19)
Lord, to Whom shall we go? (John 6: 65-71)
He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. 68 Simon Peter answered… Continue reading Lord, to Whom shall we go? (John 6: 65-71)
Accepting the hard truths in God’s words (John 6:60-64)
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! 63 The Spirit gives life; the… Continue reading Accepting the hard truths in God’s words (John 6:60-64)
Father, Draw me near to You (John 6:41-51)
So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.… Continue reading Father, Draw me near to You (John 6:41-51)
The One Who Gives our Daily Bread (John 6:32-35)
Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”34 “Sir,”… Continue reading The One Who Gives our Daily Bread (John 6:32-35)
Come and sit awhile with Him, the Spring of the Living Water (John 4:7-15)
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews… Continue reading Come and sit awhile with Him, the Spring of the Living Water (John 4:7-15)
How Far has Love Come to Bring Me Home? (John 4: 1-6)
Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of… Continue reading How Far has Love Come to Bring Me Home? (John 4: 1-6)
Go! Team Jesus (John 3:31-36)
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. 33 Whoever receives his testimony sets… Continue reading Go! Team Jesus (John 3:31-36)
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