Sincerely Yours

The title of this Sincerely Yours devotional paints a pretty vivid picture. Our reading actually describes God as "a consuming fire" and, on the surface, that may sound a little scary. But it could also sound amazing. Let's jump into that concept in this episode of the podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The very first verse of the 12th chapter of Hebrews is one that many have clung to through the ages. Coming right on the heels of the renowned “faith chapter” with all of its “distinguished heroes”, our devotional today seems to continue on that train of thought. Except now, we're diving deep into the topic of blind faith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-457_sep05-18.mp3 The 11th chapter of Hebrews is basically a list of “Who’s Who” in faithful Godly living. But they aren’t the only ones mentioned there. There’s another whole group that deserves to be recognized too. In this Sincerely Yours devotional podcast, we explore "others" and just where they got their strength. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Perspective is everything. That’s basically what we’re told in the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews. But have you ever thought about what heroes of the past thought before their risks proved rewarding? Marvel at these daring accomplishments as we look at blind faith in this Sincerely Yours devotional podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our journey through God’s Word finds us in a very special place: the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews; what is commonly known as the “faith chapter.” But what exactly is faith? Find out in this episode of Sincerely Yours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-454_aug31-18.mp3 We're tackling a few subjects in this Sincerely Yours podcast as we continue exploring the book of Hebrews in our devotional series. Learn why it's impossible to enjoy full intimacy with the heart of God while holding on to a guilty conscience, as well as the easy solution to living in complete freedom. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-453_aug30-18.mp3 As we continue our spiritual journey on Sincerely Yours, we find that God is forever “wooing” us back to Himself. But until the Cross of Christ, there was no sure path. Jesus became that path. And, as you'll learn in this devotional, your deepest longing will never be fulfilled until you walk that path to Jesus.  Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-452_aug29-18.mp3 As we’re finishing up the 9th chapter of the book of Hebrews, we find the author giving us a bit of a history lesson recounting the way Moses delivered the Law from God, sealing that covenant with the blood of certain animals. Why blood? It was a sign that through the death of these animals, the necessary sacrifice had been made. But, as we'll learn in this Sincerely Yours devotional, with Jesus came God’s new covenant and it's there where we can experience a spiritual birth. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-451_aug28-18.mp3 As we dig into the 9th chapter of the book of Hebrews, we find an important teaching about the "Most Holy Place" - the most sacred of rooms. But I can’t help thinking back to God’s original “blueprint” for mankind and that in the Garden of Eden... there were no walls. Introducing the “open concept” of God’s grace on this episode of Sincerely Yours. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-450_aug27-18.mp3 We’re looking into the 8th chapter of the book of Hebrews in this Sincerely Yours podcast. The author continues to methodically point out man’s need for God’s new covenant… a covenant of Grace that He created through the Cross. Yet some were still reluctant to move beyond the “snag” of the old and into the perfection of the new.  Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-449_aug24-18.mp3 Not long ago, a Grade 1 teacher gave her 6-year-old students the first half of some common life proverbs just to see how these children, in their limited life experience, would end them. They are incredibly cute, but do their "words of wisdom" hold a deeper meaning? Find out in this Sincerely Yours devotional podcast based in Hebrews 7. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 4th century, revered theologian Gregory of Nazianzus compiled a list of “oddities” regarding the life of Jesus. While the statements are true, their subtle irony will leave you scratching your heads. But as we continue our Sincerely Yours journey through the book of Hebrews, we find that, in God's plan, it all makes sense. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-447_aug22-18.mp3 As we’re looking into the 6th chapter of Hebrews, we find the author continues to encourage his readers to move beyond the basics of their belief and boldly enter into the deeper things of God. He challenges them to stand against something we could all use a lesson on… spiritual indifference… apathy. Learn how knowing God better produces a passion for loving others more in this episode of Sincerely Yours. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-446_aug21-18.mp3 Learning to dig deeper and explore what is still hidden inside us are two lessons we can learn from great minds Michelangelo and Ralph Waldo Emerson in this Sincerely Yours devotional. As we continue in the book of Hebrews, God instructs us to do the same about our faith, to stop going over basic Christianity and learn how to create our grand work of art -- a life rooted deeper in Him. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-445_aug20-18.mp3 How often do we find ourselves guilty of proclaiming that we walk with Jesus while still clinging on to old selfish ways? Like little children, do we still ask God all the time what He can do for us instead of asking what we can do for Him? This Sincerely Yours devotional tells us the most important requirement to living God’s best: growing out of childhood faith and into real, mature faith. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-444_aug17-18.mp3 God knows that with our old “human nature” we automatically hold ourselves up to Jesus and inevitably fall short. This causes us to timidly retreat into self-pity and guilt, further away from God. But that's where the beauty of God’s grace comes in. That's the focus of this Sincerely Yours devotional based in the 4th chapter of the book of Hebrews. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-443_aug16-18.mp3 Scholars agree that Jesus was a clearly documented Person from history, so the question of His identity is a valid one. But just who is Jesus, and why did He come? That's the subject of this Sincerely Yours devotional based in Hebrews 3. Share Your Faith Join our Christian community on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A great devotional podcast from Ann Mainse - listen to 'Sincerely Yours' @stayFaithStrongClick To Tweet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been said that the fear of death underlies most of our phobias.  But if perhaps we could begin to see death through the lens of what Jesus has accomplished on the Cross then maybe our fears wouldn’t carry so much weight.  Listen in as we explore in this Sincerely Yours devotional. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of Sincerely Yours starts our journey in the book of Hebrews. Though the author is unknown, we do know is that they referred to the Old Testament more than 80 times, showing that Jesus truly was the fulfillment of its promises - Jesus is “God the Son” - the exact representation of the Father’s being and the ONLY ingredient in man’s hope for eternity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://media.blubrry.com/faithstrongtoday/p/fst.mc.tritondigital.com/SINCERELY_YOURS_P/media/SY-440_aug13-18.mp3 Today we’re looking into the book of Philemon. It's a short book, only 25 verse long, but contains a poignant lesson in how we need to live out our faith. Listen in and learn why our actions and words should align with our relationship with Jesus. Philemon (NIV) 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker— 2 also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home: 3 Grace and peace to you[a] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanksgiving and Prayer 4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, 5 because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. 6 I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. 7 Your love has give