“The seventy-two returned with joy and said, ‘Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.’ He replied, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.’” (Luke 10:17–18, NIV84) Sometimes as we contemplate the realities of good and evil in our world, we can get pretty overwhelmed by the destructive power of evil. It’s […]
10/24/2022 Daily Devotion – The subtle process of speck and log removal!
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, […]
10/09/2022 Daily Devotion – The devil can try but the Spirit overcomes!
“We need to be wise about the enemy’s strategy. He will always begin by testing the truth and see if we will move off center.”
07/08/22 Daily Devotion – We must expose the lies of the Liar!
“But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, ‘This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.’ And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, ‘Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is […]
04/29/22 Daily Devotion – Hope in the midst of suffering!
“Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.” — Job 13:15 (NIV84) The book of Job is difficult to get a full grasp of God allowed the suffering of one of His faithful children so that His will might be done, and He might be […]
04/21/22 Daily Devotion – Does truth really matter?
“He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.” (James 1:18, NIV84) Does truth really matter? Isn’t it alright for you to have your truth and for me to have my truth? Can’t we be the definers of what truth is? Those […]
01/05/22 Daily Devotion – God hears and responds!
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear.” — Isaiah 59:1 (NASB) What do we say about our current condition, and worse yet, what do we say about God, when we say there is nothing God can do? Is there a more […]
11/02/2021 Daily Devotion – The futility of idolatry!
“No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!” (Isaiah 44:19, NASB95) This […]
09/28/2021 Daily Devotion – The demonic and deadly side of tolerance!
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20, NASB95) When I think about the ideology of our society I have much concern that this verse applies, and the woe is real and certain. Our […]
11/26/20 Daily Devotion – Flee from sin!
“Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.” — 1 Corinthians 10:14 (NIV84) One could easily take our verse for today and restate it as, “Therefore, my dear friends, flee from sin.” Throughout the Scriptures the prescribed method for dealing with temptation and sin is to flee the source. So I find myself asking a few basic […]
