Devotions
Run a Harmony Check
"If two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 18:19). The word "agree" Jesus uses in Matthew 18:19 can also be translated "to harmonize or to make a symphony." A symphony is composed...
Strong In Divine Influence
You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. 2:1 NASB) Paul told Timothy to find his source of strength in the kindness and grace of Christ Jesus. Some people define grace as unmerited or undeserved favor from God. I wondered how...
Ask in Jesus’ Name
...That whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. (John 15:16)One day I was at home in the parsonage getting ready for church. I heard my wife let someone in. Without even looking up, I knew who it was. It was that little cotton-headed...
Healing is Simple
"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people" (Matt. 9:35). God's Word is simple and easy to understand. He didn't make it...
Holy Ghost Buoyancy
"He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world" (1 John 4:4 NKJ). Someone once asked me why a football never gets deflated in a game. Twenty-two huge, burly men kick it, throw it, pounce on it, fumble it - yet it never gets "squashed" or loses its size to...
Lay Aside Every Sin
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us..." (Heb. 12:1). We need to recognize that there...
Use God’s M.O.
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear" (Heb. 11:3). God uses words to create. He used His Word to "frame" the worlds. Just look in the first chapter of...
Meeting Your Needs
Our faith-filled prayers and giving bring our needs before the throne of God. Both our praying and our giving are evidence that we are looking to God to meet our needs or change our circumstances and not to our own ability. When we honor Him in our praying and...
Godly Commands, Not Suggestions
The Bible does not offer suggestions; instead it commands us: To be in right relationship with our brothers. (Matt. 5:24) To follow the rule of peace. (Col. 3:15) Not to "get even." (1 Thess. 5:15) To be an example to others. (1 Tim. 4:12) To be abounding,...