Recent Devotions
“But Noah found favor with the LORD . . . So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.” (Genesis 6:8 and 22, NLT) Near where I live is an area with a Walk of Fame that honors more than 150 famous people from the Greater St. Louis area. Embedded in the sidewalk are brass stars and bronze plaques recognizing entertainers, sports figures, literary figures, and others with notable accomplishments. I’ve walked the street and read many of the plaques on this Walk of Fame, but I find myself more impressed by the names I find listed in Hebrews…
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” (Ezra 7:10, ESV) How do you turn a nation back to God when it seems to have lost its way? That question seems relevant…
“But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the boastful, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” (Psalm 73:2-3, NKJV) Have you ever questioned why some people seem to have such easy, prosperous lives even though they show no regard…
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. Philippians 2:3, NIV. Have you ever been around a person who makes you feel unworthy? Maybe you have felt like you have to share your accomplishments or act in a certain way to gain their approval. When the enemy tempted Jesus in the wilderness to turn a rock into bread, Jesus didn’t demonstrate His power by accepting the devil’s challenge, instead He quoted scripture, proving the authority of the Word of God. You should never have to do anything to prove to people who you…
“For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” Jeremiah 31:25 At the time of writing this, just a few hours ago, I was on the phone with my husband, trying to feed my toddler her dinner, and nursing my son. All of a sudden, my daughter shifted on the chair and split all her food on the floor. In the attempt to clean it up, I spilled my 30-ounce cup of water everywhere. So, my son is crying, and my daughter is splashing her hands in the puddle of water I spilled, all while…
Have you ever been lost? You’re driving on unfamiliar roads, you’re phone is dead, and it’s past midnight… you don’t know where you are. Or, when you were a child at the mall, one moment your mom was there, but after a few minutes of playing, you look up and she’s out of sight. Or, maybe you were a different kind of lost, your soul was far from God and you didn’t know how to find your way home… and that’s when He found you and said, “You’re safe now. I’m here.” God’s Love Is Unconditional The book of Hosea…
“And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.” Luke 5:12-13 An outcast, separated from family and friends, the leper was quickly losing hope. The disease had taken over his entire body, there was nothing that anyone could do for him. Death seemed imminent. BUT then he heard people talking…
