THE LIVING ROOM MESSAGE – THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF JESUS By now, many of you will have heard about my poor health condition. But I want you to know, that though the news is not good: IT ISN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER. . . . And I still have hope. Why shouldn’t I? As long […]
Read More...A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL – July 2020 A Pharisee asked Jesus: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your […]
Read More...A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 ESV We hear a lot about finding peace in God. But how can we live in peace in the lives we live today? All of us are longing for it. We […]
Read More...2026 – 03 -2026 by Marja Bergen What happened to it? Who is offering it today to those who most need to hear it? For years, Jesus and his love were the foundation of Living Room, the ministry that brought spiritual mental health to those suffering from the stigma of mental illness. Founded in2006, it […]
Read More...by guest blogger, Sharoon Jamil Teaching Faith, Resilience, and Moral Courage Through Narrative Storytelling has been at the heart of human communication since the beginning of time. From cave paintings to epic poems, narratives have helped people make sense of the world, pass knowledge to the next generation, and cultivate shared values. Within the context […]
Read More...Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in […]
Read More...The story of Joseph in the Bible shows how he became a leader in Egypt where his jealous brothers had sold him into slavery. He ended up saving Egypt from famine. When his brothers came to beg grain from him, not realizing he was their brother, they feared him. But Joseph’s response to them was […]
Read More...A LIVING ROOM DEVOTIONAL Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah […]
Read More...WHY LIVE? For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. (Romans 14:7) Why live?” was the question I had in the subject line of an email I sent someone years ago. I was in a dark place. I had asked the person to remind me why I […]
Read More...On Monday, a massive fire in the Rohingya camp, burnt over 460 shelters to the ground. Hundreds of people lost their homes and everything they had, How extremely painful this must be for these people who have for eight long years lived in this Bangladesh camp—the largest refugee camp in the world. Can you imagine? […]
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