Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. […]
10/21/23 Daily Devotion – Live like you’re leaving!
“This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.” (Exodus 12:11 NIV84) As you read the instructions the Lord gave the Israelites, you can’t help but see a constant theme. […]
08/20/23 Daily Devotion – Saved by grace and judged by works!?
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” (2 Corinthians 5:10 NIV84) Have you ever found it confusing to hear that we are saved by grace through faith, and not by […]
08/19/23 Daily Devotion – We live by faith, not by sight!
“We live by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV84) A seven-word sentence that packs more meaning than entire novels. And if you know anything about Paul’s writings, a seven-word sentence is almost unheard of coming from him. Paul makes it clear by this verse, and the context surrounding it, that we as Christians […]
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 […]
08/01/23 Daily Devotion – Paul’s final thoughts
“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NIV84) Paul was about to close his first letter to the Corinthian church. He had masterfully addressed the Christian faith and life. With these two verses he left them with his final […]
7/25/23 Daily Devotion – The greatest of these is love!
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV84) I am sure that we all have heard sermons and read books and devotions on this popular verse. So much has and could be said! Paul, at the close of his thoughts on love, compares […]
7/07/2023 Daily Devotion – Are we ready for spiritual meat?
“I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?” (1 Corinthians 3:2-3 NIV) This section of 1 Corinthians should […]
05/20/23 Daily Devotion – What a homecoming!
“From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.” (Acts 14:26-27 […]
05/19/23 Daily Devotion – Shouldn’t this be happening today?
“And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number.” (Acts 5:14, NASB) I know that I am being myopic at this moment. I know that as I write this devotion thousands of people are being added to the Church in South America and Africa on a […]
