Devotions
Wrong End Results
We move toward our most dominant thoughts. When our thoughts harmonize with God’s Word, His power can work through us. Using mental pictures from God’s Word causes the reality of His promises to lodge deep into our hearts. We must plant the seed of His promise and...
The Person You Are
You are fast becoming the person you are thinking like. "But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man..." (Matt. 15:18). Attitudes are no more than habits of thought. That which holds our attention determines our actions. What...
Created in the Likeness of God
No place in the scriptures does it say believers are angels. Believers have never been angels, nor will they become angels when they die. When you die, you're not going to be like Jimmy Stewart in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life," dealing with somebody that's...
Taxes: Should We Pay Them or Not?
Mark 12:14-15 (NKJV) …"Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?" The Pharisees and supporters of Herod asked Jesus the question above to trick Him. Then Jesus asked them to bring a coin. When they brought it to Him, He asked...
Don’t Leave Home Without Them
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many...
From Rascal to Righteous
"He is not ashamed to call them brethren" (Heb. 2:11). All of us struggle with habits at some time or another. We work at them and work at them to change. There may be some things in your life today that are a little slow in coming around. You will have to resist...
Filled With Fruit
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. (Phil. 1:11 KJV) What does being full of the fruits of righteousness mean? The word fruit is from a Greek word that means "fruit: as plucked." This...
We Have a Better Covenant
...he [Jesus] is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. (Heb. 8:6)Under the Old Covenant, the Israelites were servants of God; they weren't sons of God, as we are today. The Bible says concerning us, "Beloved, now are...
Jesus, Our Passover Lamb
"Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor...
Not By Might Nor By Power
"'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of hosts" (Zech. 4:6 NKJ). Not by might. The word might in the original Hebrew has to do with military strength. In Bible days Israel was not a war-like nation. Its rural lifestyle consisted of peaceful...