“I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.” (Psalm 119:19, NIV) As believers in Jesus Christ, we are strangers in the very world we live in. Because of sin’s effect on us and this world, this existence will end, and there will be a new Heaven and a new Earth. As […]
02/15/22 Daily Devotion – It’s all about God’s Word!
“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, O Lord; teach me your decrees. With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.” (Psalm 119:11–13, NIV) When people first look at Psalm 119, they are amazed at its length. After they read […]
02/14/22 Begin your daily walk?
“How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the Lord. How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.” (Psalm 119:1–2, NAS) Psalm 119 is the longest section in the Bible. The psalmist writes his own devotional thought on the Word of God for […]
02/10/22 Daily Devotion – The righteous will live by faith!
“See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright — but the righteous will live by his faith.” — Habakkuk 2:4 (NIV) The Apostle Paul quotes this verse when writing the book of Romans. It is our faith that makes us right with God and moves our daily lives. It is not our good […]
02/8/22 Daily Devotion – “Though it linger, wait for it!”
“Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.” (Habakkuk 2:2–3, NIV) […]
01/01/22 Daily Devotion – God’s Word is true nourishment!
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me […]
09/30/2021 Daily Devotion – Walk in the light of the Lord!
“Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.” — Isaiah 2:5 (NASB95) Here are the words of Isaiah to his people. It is the cry of every pastor to his people. The prophet cries out: “Our situation is not hopeless. The solution to our problem is not complex. All we have […]
09/24/2021 Daily Devotion – It’s never too late!
“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.” (Isaiah 1:16-17, NASB95) There it is again! God’s grace and mercy. Although He is terribly frustrated with the sin of Israel’s ritualistic […]
09/22/2021 Daily Devotion – Hear the word of The Lord!
“Hear the word of the Lord.” (Isaiah 1:10a NASB95) There is not a more common theme in all of Scripture than these words. From the very beginning of the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation, God is pleading with us to hear and to heed His Word. This is a life and death decision […]
09/21/2021 Daily Devotion – Do we really know Him?
“’An ox knows its owner, and a donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.’” (Isaiah 1:3, NASB95) The book of Isaiah has often been called the Bible within the Bible. It has 66 chapters and is divided 39 and 27 (thematically), just like the Scriptures. If you are not […]