“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” — Exodus 20:12 (NIV84) Please read Martin Luther’s explanation to this commandment carefully. His explanation states, “We should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our parents and other […]
11/14/2023 Daily Devotion – Give us this day our daily bread!
“Then Moses said to them, ‘No one is to keep any of it until morning.’” — Exodus 16:19 (NIV84) The command was to take the amount of manna you needed for the day. There was always plenty to be taken, but the command was to only take what was needed for the family for one day. The words […]
10/22/23 Daily Devotion – No force in Heaven, or on Earth, can stand against our God!
“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn — both men and animals — and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. (Exodus 12:12 NIV84) I often worry at the flippant way we treat God these days. People seem to be getting […]
10/17/23 Daily Devotion – Enough is enough!
So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle […]
10/16/23 Daily Devotion – Nature speaks!
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt — darkness that can be felt.’ So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else or leave his place for […]
10/15/23 Daily Devotion – Spiritual darkness is blinding!
“Pharaoh’s officials said to him, ‘How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?’” (Exodus 10:7 NIV84) The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14, “The natural man cannot accept the things […]
09/12/23 Daily Devotion – The danger of forgetting the true past!
“Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. ‘Look,’ he said to his people, ‘the Israelites have become much too numerous for us. Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against […]
09/08/23 Daily Devotion – Truth does matter!
“For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.” (2 Corinthians 13:8 NIV84) Take this sentence, “For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth,” to people at a university campus, a high school anywhere in the country, even the White House, and you would be surprised […]
09/04/23 Daily Devotion – How we Christians keep our heads straight!
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV84) Sometimes, most of the time, what goes on in our head is our greatest challenge. We live in an age of information-overload. Someone tell […]
7/27/23 Daily Devotion – Relativism doesn’t work!
“Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? So it is with you. Unless […]
