“My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5 NIV) The truth in these two verses is so important to understand. The persuasiveness of the gospel message […]
05/30/23 Daily Devotion – They went back to jail?
“When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: ‘Release those men.’ The jailer told Paul, ‘The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.’” Acts 16:35&36 (NIV84) Paul and Silas had experienced an Earth-quaking, chains-falling, prison-doors-opening miracle of God, and then […]
05/26/23 Daily Devotion – God did it again!
“Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners […]
05/25/23 Daily Devotion – The attitude of the heart is key!
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” (Acts 16:25 NIV84) To say that Paul and Silas had a rough day would be an understatement. Their day began with a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit that allowed her to prophesy. […]
05/01/23 Daily Devotion – Metanoia: a complete change of thought and attitude
“And after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. All those who heard him were astonished and asked, ‘Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on […]
04/30/23 Daily Devotion – Repentance + Conversion = Change!
“Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord — Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here — has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.’ Immediately, something like scales […]
03/12/23 Daily devotion – The wrong Messiah!
“The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’” (Luke 23:35 NIV84) “If He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” Just the fact that they would put that in the form of […]
02/21/23 Daily Devotion – Stewardship is a heart condition!
“As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘I tell you the truth,’ He said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their […]
10/22/2020 Daily Devotion – The kingdom of God is a matter of power!
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.” (1 Corinthians 4:20 NIV84) Christianity is not merely a philosophical set of presuppositions that one adopts as true, and that’s it. I am not saying that it’s not partially a philosophical worldview but rather that the Christian faith is more. I […]
09/01/2023 Daily Devotion – ‘Called to be holy!’
“To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ – their Lord and ours:” (1 Corinthians 1:2 NIV84) In the realm of sanctification, there is a progression of thought that is […]
