Bob Lopez was a good man that loved God. He faithfully served for most of his adult life, leading his family to also know and love God. Bob has served as a Pastor (adult and youth ministries) in and outside of church, helping to lead many to be saved and have a deeper relationship with God. Bob created a daily email newsletter and this website to be able to share his faith, learnings, and his personal walk with God. This site (maintained by his son Julian) is preserved here to archive his writings, as well as server as a memorial and memory of Bob's life.
Isaiah 45:5 “I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.” Roman 4:17 “As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that…
Continue ReadingMatthew 16:24-28 “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life[g] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?…
Continue ReadingPsalm 69:1–3 “Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. 3 I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.” I confess…
Continue Reading1 John 4:7-8 – 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. Matthew 22:39-40 ” And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d]…
Continue ReadingLuke 14:27 “And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” In the television series “The Chosen” in the season 3 trailer, Jesus had this exchange with one of His Apostles. Jesus: “There will come a time when things will get very difficult. Are you ready to do hard things.”…
Continue ReadingPsalm Ezra 1:5 “Then God gave a great desire to the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to the priests and Levites, to return to Jerusalem at once to rebuild the Temple.” God gives us tasks to do for Him. It can be revealed in many different ways, but one way is that…
Continue ReadingPsalm 34:8 “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” Well known and much loved people and pastors have said to remove feelings from our faith and walk only on what is written in the Word of God. I would say something different, yes, we base our faith and…
Continue ReadingGalatians 1:2 “ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” What a great blessing to give to people. What a wonderful hope and prayer for them. In a world where so many do not know what grace is, especially God’s grace, or why every person needs it, it…
Continue ReadingHebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Who is so disrespectful as to approach the Lord God without the respect that He deserves. Such a person denies all who He is…
Continue ReadingDevotion Psalm 27:4-5 Always Ever Closer to You Lord. I see and hear you as you keep me near Psalm 27:4-5 “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to…
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