We have frequent afternoon showers in the South that interrupt our schedules. Many times these inconvenient downpours will start as we are heading home from work. There are things in all of our lives that disrupt our plans and often cause us to change our plans. An unexpected illness and…
Words are so important particularly to those who are grieving over the loss of a loved one. Often I am at a loss for words. The Apostle Paul writing to the church at Thessalonica gave them words to comfort one another. They were words of hope when he told them…
“For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.” (Hebrews 3:14 from the NLT version of the Holy Bible) I can still remember the first time I walked into a Pentecostal church.…
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. (Genesis 2:2, NIV) God is our example. He chose to rest on the seventh day because of all the work He had done. If God chose…
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence. And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. (Psalm 51:10-11, NKJV) We will all sin. It is in our nature to do or say things that…
“All right, you may test him,” the Lord said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence. (Psalm 1:12, NLT) Job was a blameless man who feared God. If anyone was undeserving of punishment it would have…
“But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” (Matthew 13:23, NIV) We all know what it takes to grow a healthy plant. Plants…
Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son. (Genesis 18:14, ESV) Even when it didn’t look like Sarah would get her promise of a son, God had a plan for her.…
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7, Holy Bible, New King James Version).
Apostle Paul counseled Timothy not to be afraid in his journey with God. He encouraged Timothy to rely on the power of love and logical reasoning for peace and tranquility. The phrase “fear not” has reiterated throughout the Scriptures from the Old Testament patriarchs and prophets, to the disciples, then to the churches.
When you are afraid or uncertain about decisions, God’s light still shines a glimmer of hope. “Fear not” is God’s assurance that He is with you.
Prayer: Lord, in these days of uncertainty, shine a spark of hope on my path so I will not be afraid. Amen.
Devotion by Violet Carr Moore