The Milky Way — A Mind-Bending Scale
Now watch this 55 second video
“It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it.
I stretched out the heavens with My hands and I ordained all their host.”
(Isaiah 45:12)
Hi Men:
I pray your week had extended time reflecting on the goodness of God. Remember Jesus’ words, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” And…….. what does He say right before that?? The best news of all: “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace.” Did you catch that: “IN ME”
No matter what is raging on the horizon, we retain our peace “in” Christ. Most of you also know Isaiah 26:3……
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” ~ Is 26:3
Let’s have a quick refresher on the Sovereignty of God. This should give you an even greater degree of peace, knowing that God is in control of everything!
PHOTO ABOVE
My son sent me the YouTube short. I couldn’t get it out our my mind, so I decided to put it in this Friday Letter.
After you watch that 55 sec YouTube short, if the Milky Way were scaled to the size of North America, our Sun would measure only six micrometers across—about one-tenth the width of a human hair, roughly the size of a single red blood cell. As mentioned, it’s so small it can only be seen with a microscope. And orbiting that microscopic speck is something even smaller: the Earth (1/100th the size of the Sun).
That microscopic speck represents everything we’ve ever known: every human life, every civilization, every moment in history. It reminded me of when I talked about the “Pale Blue Dot” about 4 years back. Carl Sagan had a 3-1/2 minute video. If you’ve never heard it, you need to take a moment and listen to it. Carl Sagan was not a Christian, but he did a good job with his message. Here Is The Link to Carl’s video. It’s sad that he didn’t know/believe, that Jesus died to save him.
Let me share a verse I have mentioned before, but continues to be on the forefront of my mind:
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts,” declares the Lord. (Isaiah 55:9)
When we truly grasp the vastness of creation, it humbles us to admit that we don’t know what God is doing, or what He will do tomorrow….. And our peace comes from staying obedient and trusting in His infinite wisdom, not being upset or predicting His plans.
Grateful slave to the King of our Universe,
Dan
(Galatians 2:20)
“Denominations come into existence over mode of baptism, the exact meaning of the bread and wine, and what we do when we congregate in his name. Unity is lost in violation of His wish that we be one.”
Make sure you watch the 33 minute video below on how busyness replaced obedience
Holding in Contempt God’s Word – Day 30 Red Book
The purpose of these devotionals is to help you think Biblically
Solomon said, “As a man thinks, so is he”
Matthew 7:21-23
We will now continue to place the remainder of the Zion recordings in the Friday Letter. As you might recall, we stopped when Google was marking the Friday letter as Spam
ZION MESSAGES
Listen to Bill McCurine’s message at Zion.
Here are the notes as you listen to his message.
To go to the Media page: E²Vegas.com/episode/zion-boot-camp-2025/
Weeping and Strength
by Jack Wroldsen | Jan 26, 2026 |
But weeping is also confusing because people say it’s a gift. After all, Jesus wept. Jeremiah was the weeping prophet. Life is hard. Pain is real. We are born crying. Weeping seems unavoidable. And certainly, God uses our pain and tears for our good, to break us and teach us compassion. In some sense, weeping is surely a good thing in our walk with Christ.
Read Jack’s article…….
“The modern church is producing passionate people with empty heads who love the Jesus they don’t know very well.”
~ Voddie Baucham
Men:
The following was forwarded to me by a dear brother and will really make you think. I would recommend you read this short article from, “Jesse Speaks”
🛑THE “LOVE ONLY” FAITH IS A FAKE FAITH – AND THE CHURCH IS CHEERING IT ON🛑
This image hits because it exposes the modern idol: “love” without truth. We’ve trained people to think God is only gentle, only affirming, only comforting, and never confronting. We preach “Jesus is love” like a slogan, but we refuse the kind of love Jesus actually requires.
Because here’s the truth: most people don’t know what love is anymore. They think love means agreement. Love means acceptance. Love means “don’t judge me.” Love means “let me live how I want and still call it grace.” And if you dare bring up Scripture, boundaries, holiness, repentance—people call you unloving.
But that’s not Christian love. That’s modern emotionalism. That’s a counterfeit that feels kind while it kills souls.
Real love tells the truth. Real love warns. Real love corrects. Real love refuses to celebrate what God calls sin. And real love is not whatever makes people comfortable. Real love is whatever brings people to Christ—fully, honestly, obediently.
Jesus never separated love from truth. He didn’t come to be a mascot for our feelings. He came as King. He came with authority. He came with commands. “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15). That means love isn’t proven by passion. Love is proven by obedience.
And that’s why this quote is so accurate: the modern church is producing passionate people with empty heads who love a Jesus they don’t know very well. Because you can’t “love Jesus” while ignoring His words. You can’t claim closeness while rejecting His authority. You can’t call it compassion when you’re just refusing to confront sin—starting with your own.
This is the sickness: people put “love” above truth. They treat truth like the enemy and feelings like the Holy Spirit. They want a church that never offends them, never challenges them, never calls them out, never asks them to change.
But that’s not love. That’s spiritual anesthesia. It numbs you while the disease spreads.
The Bible says God is love (1 John 4:8), but it also says God disciplines the ones He loves (Hebrews 12:6). It says Jesus is full of grace AND truth (John 1:14). Not grace without truth. Not truth without grace. Both. Always.
So if your “love” has no backbone, it’s not love. If your “love” can’t say “stop,” it’s not love. If your “love” never corrects, never warns, never calls to repentance—then it’s not Christlike. It’s cowardice dressed up as kindness.
And this is why so many church people crumble under temptation and fold under pressure. They were taught to chase emotions, not holiness. They were taught to “feel God,” not fear God. They were taught “God understands,” but not “God commands.”
Let me ask it plainly: Do you love the Jesus who comforts you… or the Jesus who corrects you? Do you want the Savior… or do you just want the vibe?
Because the Jesus of the Bible does not negotiate with sin. He calls you out of it.
Every Church Program That REPLACED
Simple Obedience With Busyness
Even though this YouTube is 33 minutes, it will sit you back in your chair. If you can’t watch it now, bookmark it to watch over the weekend.
Philippians 4:8 Isn’t Good Advice—
It’s a Clinical Protocol
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”
Men: This is really good…… Watch it on YouTube (6 minutes)
Our brother, Lyle Brennan put this comment by Walt Henrichsen in his Daily Devotion. It should give us all pause:
“Becoming a Christian is free of charge. It costs the believer absolutely nothing: “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Eph. 2: 8–9).
But there is a cost attached to becoming a disciple. The cost is to become involved in God’s “thing” rather than our own. How easy it is for the Christian to become preoccupied with his dreams, his aspirations, his own little deal, and miss God’s perfect plan for his life.”
If you would like to receive Lyle’s Daily Devotions, email him at lyle@lylebrennan.com
Are We Good Soldiers Of Jesus Christ?
“The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 2:2-3)
Quote below is from his sermon delivered on a Sunday morning, June 26, 1870, by C. H. Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. “A good soldier of Jesus Christ.” – 2 Timothy 2:2-
