Devotions
Kissers & Clingers
St. Valentine's Day has grown to symbolize the world's view of love—kisses, chocolate candy, romantic music, poems and pledges of devotion. It represents love's softest, most gentle side. It's sweet but not too strong. In reality, nothing could be further from the...
Don’t Just Open the Door – Take It Off the Hinges
"We have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand..." (Rom. 5:2). When people came to Jesus and asked, "What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath...
Triumphant In Christ
"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place." (2 Cor. 2:14 NASB) God always causes us to triumph in Christ. That means to conquer or to give victory. Think about...
Healing Is in God’s Redemptive Plan
Surely he [Jesus] hath borne our griefs [sicknesses], and carried our sorrows [pains]: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the...
Real Faith vs. ‘That Faith Business’
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4). Sometimes people say, "Well, I tried that faith business, but it didn't work." But these people never could have been in faith to...
A Majestic Expression
"Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion..." (Ps. 65:1 NKJ). The original Hebrew version of this verse reads: "Praise is silent before You, O God, in Zion...." This "silent praise" (as one writer has defined it) is not a resignation or a submission. It is a silence...
You’ve Got the Power
"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth" (Acts 1:8). There is power in the Holy Ghost. In Acts 1:8, the...
Our Only Hope Is Jesus
"Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" (Acts 2:26-27). More than twenty years ago, God said...
How Can This Be Happening?
When the angel of the Lord appeared to Mary announcing that she would conceive and give birth to a son, it was an absolute impossibility. Mary had not yet known a man — she was a virgin. Then how would this happen? And the angel said to Mary, “The Holy Spirit will...
Spiritual Death is Separation From God
Jesus was the perfect sacrifice. When Jesus died and was resurrected, He defeated Satan. The scripture tells us that He made a public display of the devil. He led captivity captive and Jesus, once and for all, did what He came to earth to do. He did what God told...