“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 2:14 NIV) My stepdaughter (Kati Schmidt Woock) has a master’s degree in American Material Culture. I don’t know a lot about […]
7/5/23 Daily Devotion – We must rely on the Spirit’s persuasion!
“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 […]
03/16/23 Daily Devotion – Something’s wrong!
“When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away.” (Luke 23:48, NIV84) Jesus had given up His life. The three hours of darkness had ended. The cursing, shouting and accusations had stopped. What seemed to have been a tsunami of rage and emotion […]
11/25/2022 Daily Devotion – Ask, Seek and Knock!
“’So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.’ Which of you fathers, if your son asks for […]
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 […]
10/19/2020 Daily Devotion – You are a temple of the Holy Spirit!
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV84) Have you ever wondered why there is a question mark at the end of this verse instead of an exclamation point? Honestly, Paul could have said to the Corinthians, “You are God’s temple, and the […]
