“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 […]
03/09/2024 Daily Devotion – Are you anxious today?
“‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ ” (Isaiah 41:10, NASB95) There are times that I have trouble sleeping at night. I go to bed and […]
03/08/2024 Daily Devotion – What’s your source of energy?
“Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. ” (Isaiah 40:31, NASB95) This is our last in a series of devotions on Isaiah chapter 40. I invite you to read the entire chapter today […]
03/04/2024 Daily Devotion – There’s more to this life than living and dying!
“A voice says, ‘Call out.’ Then he answered, ‘What shall I call out?’ All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word […]
02/17/2024 Daily Devotion – ‘I was blind, but now I see!’
“The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them.” — Isaiah 9:2 (NASB95) The very popular hymn “Amazing Grace” has this line, “I was blind, but now I see.” You and I are believers in Jesus today not because we are […]
02/12/2024 Daily Devotion – Pay close attention when God describes Himself!
“Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the […]
01/27/2024 Daily Devotion – Seven Lamp Stands!
“Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.” (Exodus 25:37 NIV84) “The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him — the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the […]
01/24/2024 Daily Devotion – 40 days and 40 nights!
“Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.” (Exodus 24:18 NIV84) What an interesting comparison and contrast. In the Old Testament Moses went up into the Mountain of God, and in the New Testament Jesus went out into the wilderness. Moses […]
01/20/2024 Daily Devotion – Truth and falsehood are like oil and water!
“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River. I will hand over to you the people who live in the land and you will drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. Do […]
01/11/2024 Daily Devotion – Do not lie or gossip!
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” — Exodus 20:16 (NIV84) For most of us there is not much wiggle room with this commandment. Ever since Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, we (humanity) have used words to deceive and hurt others. We shy away from concepts of absolute truth unless […]
