Devotions

"In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;...

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 6:11 NASB) Do you see yourselves as dead to sin? The word "dead" here refers to a corpse. Does a corpse struggle with people? Does a corpse have its feelings hurt each time...

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. (1 Cor. 12:11) The gifts of the Spirit are listed in First Corinthians 12. These gifts belong to the Church, and are manifested through individuals as the Spirit...

"And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a...

"For every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it on the day of judgment" (Matt. 12:36 NKJ). Put your words to work for you! Speak words that produce action, results or wages. This word idle is quite interesting. In the original New Testament...

"I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad" (Ps. 34:1-2). How do we make our boast in the Lord? With our mouth. "With my mouth I boast in...

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil" (Eph. 6:10-11). What would you think if you saw a traffic policeman in front of a car, trying to...

"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ" (2 Cor. 5:20). You are an ambassador for Christ! If you have made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, you have been sent to act as a representative for Him in this world. Just as nations send ambassadors to represent their...

The battle and spiritual struggle for control in our lives is waged in the arena of our souls. Notice in First Peter 2:11 it says, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” The strength of...

"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power, which he wrought in Christ, WHEN HE WHO RAISED HIM from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, AND YOU hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins" (Eph. 1:19-20, 2:1). If...