Devotions
Take Your Place
“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ… And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Eph....
People of Purpose
Once we know our purpose in life we won’t be so easily sidetracked. When something comes our way that doesn’t serve our purpose, it will be easily recognized for what it is: a distraction to be avoided. This very thing happened to me when a friend of mine asked me...
The Power Is In Us
“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us..” (Eph. 3:20 NASB) We all want God to do more for us than we can ask or think. Why do so few of us experience even a smidgen...
Victory Over the World
In 1 John 5:4 the Bible says, “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.” Would you like to overcome the world? Would you like to have victory in your daily life? Then it...
Don’t Be Afraid, Just Trust Jesus
Mark 5:36 (NLT) But Jesus ignored their comments and said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just trust me.” Jairus had just heard his daughter died. Messengers came to tell him the news and told him it was too late to bring Jesus to his house. They said,...
Don’t Just Read About It, Do It!
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through...
You Have the Treasure
“We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us” (2 Cor. 4:7). There’s an old religious cliche that used to be especially popular among ministers: “We’re just going to burn...
Believers Should Receive The Spirit
“But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.” (John 7:39) Jesus had just told the crowd, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me,...
Honor Your Father and Mother
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Eph. 6:2-3) After I was healed as a teenage boy, the thought never entered my mind that I might die prematurely. Now...
Tell Yourself How You Are!
“Verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith....