Light in the Darkness: Glory of the Lord
They were minding their sheep and minding their business when the angel suddenly appeared. In an instant, the darkness of night turned to brilliant light. The angel, coming from the presence of God, brought with him God’s glory, and the place lit up! There was light in the darkness! No wonder the shepherds were terrified! Let’s read their story.
The King’s Message
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jrn2021-1227R.mp3Podcast: Download (45.3MB) You have a message to share, handed down by your sovereign. But it isn’t popular, just as it wasn’t in the days of the King. So, what do you do with it? As Ron Moore is...
Light in the Darkness: The Magi
On the Christmas cards, it’s all picture-perfect. With a star illuminating the manger, three wise men, with their camels parked outside, bow down before the baby Jesus. And, of course, at the bottom of the card are the Hallmark words—Wise men still seek him today. But…let’s see what Scripture says about these visitors.
The King’s Arrival
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jrn2021-1224.mp3Podcast: Download (46.7MB) Imagine you’re a king promising to share the table of your subjects. But when you finally arrive their houses are dilapidated, dirty, and desperately messy. Ron Moore is...
Light in the Darkness: Angelic Confirmation
Your fiancé is pregnant, and you are not the father. One can only imagine the painful emotions one feels upon hearing that news. But this pregnancy was different. It took an angel and a vision to explain the unexplainable!
Light in the Darkness: On His Terms
Mary was the first person to receive Jesus on his terms. Many people want Jesus to come and meet their needs, fix their problems, and heal their hurts. Their expectations are centered around what Jesus can do for them. Mary was different. Check out her response to the angel Gabriel, who told her she would have a child.
Light in the Darkness: A City Set on a Hill
Light and darkness are not opposing forces. Dark is simply the absence of light. When light enters, darkness is dispelled. There was a time when we lived in spiritual darkness. That’s all we knew. It was natural and normal. Then we met the Light of the world. He dispelled the spiritual darkness that saturated our hearts. Jesus “called [us] out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9-10). Paul says we are “children of the light, children of the day” (1 Thessalonians 5:4-5). Jesus says it this way.
Zechariah’s Song
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jrn2021-1223.mp3Podcast: Download (46.6MB) At the first Advent, John the Baptist was chosen by God to be the “voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord.” So, who is God calling to prepare...
Light in the Darkness: On Mission
Andre Agassi was a great tennis player. During his career, he won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments, an Olympic Gold medal, and $31 million in prize money, not to mention the millions of endorsement dollars he earned. And yet Agassi hated tennis. In an excerpt from his biography, Agassi said, “I play tennis for a living, even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark secret passion, and always have.”
His Name is John
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jrn2021-1222.mp3Podcast: Download (46.7MB) Who are you? In a broken and desperate world, where do you fit? What purpose do you serve? Today Ron Moore shares three principles that will give you purpose, direction, and...
Light in the Darkness: Sealed with the Spirit
Living in the light is living in confidence. We can see where we are going, and we know we will arrive at our destination. There is no “we might make it.” We will experience eternal life in heaven with the Lord! How can we be confident of heaven? Check out today’s passage.
Mary’s Song
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jrn2021-1221.mp3Podcast: Download (46.6MB) How do you respond when God asks you to do something difficult? Something that could alienate your closest friends. Something that could alter your life forever. For...
Episode 8 Revival in College Campuses
Join me in a conversation with Anna Mares, a college sophomore at Wheaton College. We discuss the mindset of the Gen Z generation.
Light in the Darkness: Life in the Son
To introduce this devotional, I wanted to show all the different decisions that make life complex. There are multiple choices for everything from washers and dryers to tires for your car. Since you may not be in the market for a washer or dryer, and your tires are just fine, I decided to see how many brands of jeans there are. I found a site that provided the complete list of jean brands listed in alphabetical order. I stopped counting at one hundred brands. I was only at “C”! I didn’t have it in me to count jean brands starting with “D” all the way to “Z.”
Angelic Proclamation
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jrn2021-1220.mp3Podcast: Download (46.6MB) What does it mean to know Jesus? What is it to accept Him on His terms? What must our attitude be as we welcome Him into our lives? Ron Moore is here to answer those...
Light in the Darkness: To Bear Witness
Why did God put you on this earth? What’s your purpose? Some people live their entire lives trying to figure out what their entire life was supposed to be about. They come to the end wondering where they should have started. It’s not that they didn’t live well. Many have a stack of achievements. They can explain what they did and how they did it; they just can’t explain the “why.”
Preparing Our Hearts
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/JRN2021-1217.mp3Podcast: Download (46.6MB) It was a still, silent night when the light began to shine in one man’s darkened heart. It was the night that gave him, and us, some of the most treasured words found in...
Light in the Darkness: Preparing the Way
When an angel appears, you can bet that something amazing is going to happen! The amazing certainly took place when the angel Gabriel told Zechariah that he would be having a son. For Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth, that dream had died long ago. In fact, because of Zechariah’s unbelief, he was unable to speak a word until his son was born. Then, he broke out in a song of praise about the one who would prepare the way for Jesus.
Light in the Darkness: The Light of Life
Most of us are afraid of the dark—the absence of light. That’s where chaos, fear, disillusionment, and anxiety reside. It’s the place where the unknown lives. What is waiting for us…hiding from us…in the darkness? It paralyzes. We can’t move forward in the darkness. But here is the good news—the believers’ light is always shining.