Posts by Jane Hansen Hoyt
Human Love… Lifted To The Divine
One of the most touching stories in the New Testament is the life-changing encounter that a woman, held in demonic bondage for years, had as she encountered Jesus the Redeemer of all things, and was set free from years of mental illness…years of confused thinking…years of depression. Mary Magdalene We have no record of Mary’s…
Read MoreThe Altar of God’s Love
He Sees You In Matthew 9 we begin reading about a woman and immediately, we are struck with the fact that she was anonymous. She was a nameless, faceless woman in the crowd of those pressing into Jesus. This sick, anonymous woman must have been emaciated after a hemorrhage lasting for twelve years, which rendered…
Read MoreLet Him Increase
Two days ago, as I returned home from running errands, I heard the sound of a shrill, demanding kind of alarm going off. When I unlocked my door I realized that the alarm was coming from a fire alarm on the second floor of my house and was going off for no apparent reason. Nothing…
Read MoreWhat a Savior
We have just celebrated one of the greatest observances of our Christian faith. For believers in Jesus Christ, Easter celebrates the specific events of Christ’s crucifixion for sin and His resurrection from the dead three days following. It is a time of serious but wonderful reflection on the truths that the Bible speaks of regarding…
Read MoreCome Unto Me
Last evening was one of those evenings that will live in my memory for many years. It wasn’t a gala, or a gathering of many for a dinner party. It was just Tony and me, sitting with Bob and Lisa (my daughter and her husband) at a beautifully set table, all decorated for Fall. Of…
Read MoreHe Makes All Things New
“Behold, I make all things new.” Rev 21:5 NKJV We associate this verse with the first step we have taken toward Jesus, that life-changing step of receiving Him as our Redeemer, our Savior. But there is an ongoing reality that continues to take place with every pursuant step that we take toward the Lord and His Kingdom.…
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