“Jesus inaugurated the beginning of His ministry by reading this beautiful text from Isaiah 61 and telling the crowd that the fulfillment of the text begins now.”
10/09/2022 Daily Devotion – The devil can try but the Spirit overcomes!
“We need to be wise about the enemy’s strategy. He will always begin by testing the truth and see if we will move off center.”
10/2/22 Daily Devotion – Faith doesn’t need proof after proof!
“Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: ‘Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes […]
09/24/2020 Daily Devotion – Back to reality!
“Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.” (Luke 1:56, NIV84) So, it appears that Mary stayed with Elizabeth for the remainder of Elizabeth’s pregnancy and left just before John was born. Mary, finishing her first trimester, went back home. Back to reality. Have you ever been on a mission trip? […]
08/30/22 Daily Devotion – Know that the enemy may be among us!
“For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. ” (Philippians 3:18–19, NIV84) The cross of Jesus Christ […]
08/27/22 Daily Devotion – There’s nothing left to give but praise!
“For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh.” (Philippians 3:3, NIV84) John, in his Gospel, says something very similar to Paul here. He quotes Jesus saying, “God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship […]
08/25/22 Daily Devotion – We are to shine like stars in a dark world!
“…children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.” (Philippians 2:15-16 NIV) I absolutely love these verses! Sometimes it seems like all we hear is bad news. We hear it at work. We hear it on […]
08/08/22 Daily Devotion – The reality of His kingdom is staggering!
“The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.’ And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces […]
08/07/22 Daily Devotion – Want answers? God’s got them!
“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our ‘God is a consuming fire.’” (Hebrews 12:28–29, NIV84) The series of devotions on the Kingdom of heaven is almost done. Today we find ourselves in the book of Hebrews. […]
08/04/22 Daily Devotion – There is power in words — His words!
“For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.” (1 Cor. 4:20) Paul is providing us a contrast that I think is more vivid today than in his time. Today we have words and information at our fingertips. With the click of a mouse we can view thousands of pieces of […]
