“All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.” — Colossians 1:6 (NIV) As we struggle in the United States to properly identify ourselves as Christians in our culture, it is good […]
03/12/24 Daily Devotion – Good morning, God’s saints!
“To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.” — Colossians 1:2 (NASB) This morning we begin a series of devotions on the book of Colossians. This is a letter written by the apostle Paul. It was common, in those days, to have a […]
03/11/2024 Daily Devotion – Isaiah or Revelation?!
“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me. ” (Isaiah 44:6, NASB95) WOW! Is this the book of Isaiah or the book of Revelation? But if the book of Isaiah is the Bible within the Bible, then […]
03/10/2024 Daily Devotion – Are you feeling weak today?
“A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. ” (Isaiah 42:3, NASB95) This is one of my favorite verses in a much larger Messianic prophecy. In describing Jesus’ ministry, Isaiah uses the gentle words you see above. Not even a bruised reed will […]
2/24/2024 Daily Devotion – Don’t forget the God of your salvation!
“For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set them with vine slips of a strange god.” — Isaiah 17:10 (NASB95) The Lord, through the prophet Isaiah, got to the heart of why the children of Israel were soon going to […]
2/22/2024 Daily Devotion – God’s grace is found even in His discipline!
“When the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.” — Isaiah 14:1 (NASB95) God’s grace, at times, is deeper than I can understand or imagine. As I read the verse above I try to put […]
2/20/2024 Daily Devotion – Christianity is unique!
“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.” — Isaiah 12:2 (NASB95) As one looks at all the religions in the world, Christianity stands unique in its teaching that God is the cause of people’s salvation. Nearly all other […]
2/19/2024 Daily Devotion – How does God judge?
“And He will delight in the fear of the Lord, and He will not judge by what His eyes see, nor make a decision by what His ears hear.” — Isaiah 11:3 (NASB95) Yet another Messianic prophecy. The book of Isaiah has many of them. Some, like Isaiah 53, would lead you to think that he was […]
02/15/2024 Daily Devotion – You too have been called!
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” — Isaiah 6:8 (NASB95) “Lord, somebody has to tell them. Somebody has to explain to them how You feel and what is soon to come. Lord, the one thing […]
02/10/2024 Daily Devotion – We need to take sin seriously!
“Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This […]
