Devotions
How Do We Love Others?
Matthew 22:39 (NLT) A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The first commandment Jesus gave us is to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. Then He said it is equally important to love others as ourselves. How do we...
Let Peace Be Your Umpire
The Apostle Paul said, “Let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as an umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds]…” (Colossians 3:15 AMP). Imagine a baseball game played...
Knowledge And Skill
“As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams” (Dan. 1:17). “God gave them knowledge and skill.” God gave Daniel and the other three Hebrew...
A Double-Minded Man
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. (James 1:8) As soon as the pastor began praying, I heard the following in my spirit: “Now they’ve taken her out of My hands and she’ll die. Within three days, she’ll be dead.” I knew it...
God’s Kind of Love
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Where does sickness come from? I was taught for years that it came from God. I was told...
Be Determined! You Can Do It!
I know what it’s like to be determined. Loretta and I lived in Kansas City right after we got married and I needed a job badly. I went to a drafting company and the only opening they had was for an engineer to design reinforcing steel for part of Interstate...
Can He Count on You?
And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?” (Luke 12:42) We often praise God for His faithfulness. We’re thankful that we can...
Watch Out for the Kinks
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God…. Psalm 42:1–2 After more than 30 years of ministry, I’m convinced that if we want to pray Spirit-led prayers, we must be Spirit-fed pray-ers. We...
Seeking Heavenly Things
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (Col. 3:1 NASB) The scripture says that we were raised up with Christ when He was raised from the dead and we have a new life in Him....
Supplying Our Needs
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19). It is God’s will that our needs be met. All of them! Philippians 4:19 includes all of your needs (all means all!), whether spiritual, physical,...