“One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.” (Acts 16:14 NIV84) One of the temptations we face as Christians is to take responsibility for things that are God’s […]
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 […]
04/16/23 Daily Devotion – Filled with the Holy Spirit!
“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” (Acts 4:31, NIV84) Peter and John had just been released from prison and all the believers gathered in “one mind” to pray for the leaders of this new […]
05/27/22 Daily Devotion – Our deepest hope is tried and true!
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength.” (Ephesians 1:18–19, […]
04/26/22 Daily Devotion – Real truth is taught by the Holy Spirit!
“This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.” — 1 John 5:6 (NIV84) In order to believe in the idea of absolute truth, one must comprehend […]
04/06/22 Daily Devotion – We Christians have the truth within us!
“…the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” (John 14:17, NIV84) The Spirit of God is truth, too. The Scriptures declare that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all sources of truth. […]
04/05/22 Daily Devotion – The Spirit will guide us into truth!
“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” (John 16:13, NIV84) Paul tells us in his first letter to the Corinthians that spiritual truths are […]
03/30/22 Daily Devotion – Even our worship must be in Spirit and Truth!
“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24, NIV84) We tend to think that truth can only be found and discussed in the empirical realm. If we can’t see it, touch it, or taste it, it can’t be seen as true. But is that true? Of course not! There […]
02/18/22 Daily Devotion – Do I master the Word, or does it master me?
“Teach me, O Lord, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the end. Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart.” (Psalm 119:33–34, NIV) In the relationship between us and God’s Word, who is the master? Is the Word of God given to me to […]
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 […]
