“Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.” (Exodus 25:37 NIV84) “The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him — the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the […]
08/03/23 Daily Devotion – One Spirit, many gifts, common good!
“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He gives them to each one, just as He determines. The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts […]
08/02/23 Daily Devotion – The quiet but powerful work of the Holy Spirit!
“Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, ‘Jesus be cursed,’ and no one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.” — 1 Corinthians 12:3 (NIV84) Many reading this devotion can say with certainty that Jesus Christ is their Lord. Millions of people around […]
06/08/23 Daily Devotion – What a strange question!
“While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ They answered, ‘No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.’ So Paul asked, ‘Then what baptism did you […]
05/23/23 Daily Devotion – Strengthened in faith and growing the kingdom!
“So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.” Acts 16:5 (NIV84) Here we are in the sixteenth chapter of the book of Acts and the church has spread throughout the region of what we know as the Middle East. The message of the Gospel was wrapping itself around the Mediterranean […]
05/06/23 Daily Devotion – ‘Then I remembered what the Lord said!’
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as He had come on us at the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ So if God gave them the same gift as He gave us, who believed […]
04/16/23 Daily Devotion – Filled with the Holy Spirit!
“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” (Acts 4:31, NIV84) Peter and John had just been released from prison and all the believers gathered in “one mind” to pray for the leaders of this new […]
03/26/23 Daily Devotion – Holy Spirit empowered!
“Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: ‘Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.’” (Acts 2:14, NIV84) The Holy Spirit makes all the difference in the world. Prior to Pentecost, Peter was, well, […]
03/22/23 Daily Devotion – “you shall be My witnesses…”
“He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the […]
02/01/23 Daily Devotion – Faith like a child!
“People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the […]
