Devotions
Honesty in Business Is Crucial
Matthew 5:37 (NLT) Just say a simple, “Yes, I will,” or “No, I won’t.” Your word is enough. To strengthen your promise with a vow shows that something is wrong.Psalm 51:6 (NLT) But you desire honesty from the heart, so you can teach me to be wise in my inmost...
Jesus Took Our Place
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place,...
Seeking the Favor of the Father
Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” (1 Cor. 11:1) Every generation has its subculture. A few weeks ago I was looking through some old photographs from the turn of the century that were taken at a presidential gathering. The men were dressed in suits and the...
Courage or Cowardice
The mighty hand of God had brought Israel from a life of slavery and poverty to independence and wealth; free from the ruthless hand of Pharaoh. More than 400 years of bitter oppression were over at last. They were on the threshold of great new beginnings.God had...
Hearing the Word Over and Over
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Rom. 10:17) A denominational pastor I knew daily visited the home of a woman with terminal cancer to pray with her and read the Word to her. As this woman was bedfast, he would also bring her a...
Defeat Your Giant
"Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?" (1 Sam. 17:26). You may be facing a giant today. He may be a giant of sickness or failure, of financial shortage, or another kind of trouble. But don't let him scare you. You...
Unforgiveness is a Negative Witness
Why is it that the devil is attacking so much in offenses and in the area of unforgiveness? In John 10:10 it says the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus came to give us abundant life. If the devil wants to kill, what does he want to kill? He wants to...
An Internal Work
"To make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17 NKJ). Even though these two phrases, "make ready" and "prepared", are seemingly synonymous, they have opposite meanings in the original Greek. The word translated "make ready" is used to describe thorough...
Power of Life
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof" (Prov. 18:21). "No, I won't pray for your son," I told the startled widowed mother of a fifteen-year-old boy. "It won't do any good. As long as you keep telling your...
Walking in Him
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. (Col. 2:6 NASB) Because you have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior keep on following Him. You have the responsibility to continually live in and act on your relationship with Jesus....