“To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.” — Colossians 1:2 (NASB) This morning we begin a series of devotions on the book of Colossians. This is a letter written by the apostle Paul. It was common, in those days, to have a […]
03/08/2024 Daily Devotion – What’s your source of energy?
“Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. ” (Isaiah 40:31, NASB95) This is our last in a series of devotions on Isaiah chapter 40. I invite you to read the entire chapter today […]
10/15/23 Daily Devotion – Spiritual darkness is blinding!
“Pharaoh’s officials said to him, ‘How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?’” (Exodus 10:7 NIV84) The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14, “The natural man cannot accept the things […]
09/10/23 Daily Devotion – A benediction for life!
“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV84) If you’re anything like me, the benediction simply means “the end.” When I see it coming closer and closer in my Sunday bulletin, I know we are […]
09/09/23 Daily Devotions – ‘Finally, brothers…’
“Finally, brothers, good-bye. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.” (2 Corinthians 13:11 NIV84) Who of us doesn’t want God’s love and peace present with us at all times? When we experienced it the first time it […]
09/08/23 Daily Devotion – Truth does matter!
“For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.” (2 Corinthians 13:8 NIV84) Take this sentence, “For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth,” to people at a university campus, a high school anywhere in the country, even the White House, and you would be surprised […]
09/07/23 Daily Devotion – ‘For when I am weak, then I am strong!’
“To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power […]
09/06/23 Daily Devotion – False apostles
“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. (2 Cor. 11:13&14 NIV84) It’s one thing to fight enemies that are outside your group. They are easy to recognize and, therefore, to deal with. But what do you do […]
09/04/23 Daily Devotion – How we Christians keep our heads straight!
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV84) Sometimes, most of the time, what goes on in our head is our greatest challenge. We live in an age of information-overload. Someone tell […]
7/16/23 Daily Devotion – It’s all about Jesus Christ!
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; […]
