“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” (Colossians 4:6, NIV) One of the most effective ways that we have to share the love of Christ with the people around us is in our everyday conversations. So, it is no surprise that this is […]
01/30/22 Daily Devotion – Our Primary Purpose!
“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 earth.” (Acts 1:8 NIV84) Many people, even Christians, search for meaning and purpose. As hard as they contemplate the subject, their eyes of […]
01/25/22 Daily Devotion – The power in baptism!
“In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the […]
01/23/22 Daily Devotion – Who made you alive?
“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.” (Colossians 2:13–14, […]
11/08/2021 Daily Devotion – Who will you invite today?
“Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted…And all flesh will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” (Isaiah 49:13&26, NASB95) Notice the scope of the verses above. […]
10/26/2020 Daily Devotion – You are not your own!
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV84) A few days ago I did a devotion titled “It’s […]
10/21/2020 Daily Devotion – It’s not yours!
“For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?” (1 Corinthians 4:7 NIV84) Here we have a verse with all questions. For me, the second question is the most striking. “What do […]
10/04/2020 Daily Devotion – ‘Grace and peace to you…’
“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 1:3 NIV84) The Apostle Paul had a signature way in which he addressed most of his letters. Before he would get into doctrinal debates, conflict within the church, or the spiritual warfare that the church might be experiencing, he […]