Recent Devotions
We all love the story of “The Good Samaritan” … the uber-compassionate “certain Samaritan” in the parable of Jesus, found in Luke 10—on Page 1095 of my Thompson Chain Reference KJV. There he was, traveling along, minding his own business, when he—BY CHANCE—saw another poor traveler who had been stripped, robbed, wounded, and left laying half dead by the side of The Jericho Road. He alone stopped and tended to the man’s dire plight, unlike the proud Priest and the lazy Levite who had just walked on by. The GOOD Samaritan bandaged, medicated, and ambulanced the man on his own…
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1, ESV) The world’s population now exceeds 8 billion people, each of whom has a name.…
God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives. (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NET) I think I’ve confessed this before, but I am…
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Psalms 18:11 NLT “He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.” How often do we believe the lie that God has left us to suffer in our circumstance? The quiet and loneliness certainly must be a sign that God is absent, and unaware of our troubles. We often struggle with frustrated thoughts and emotions at what we have to endure in this life, at least I do. In my own self-pity it’s so easy to crumble under the pressure, and cry out “where are you God, and why have You left me?” But what if I…
Sermons have been preached, lessons written and theological arguments expounded about the woman with “the issue of blood” (Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48). What was the problem? What made Jesus know that “virtue had gone out of Him”? What did that mean? What was different about her touch versus the touch of the throng that pressed against Him? She did not even touch Him, but only the hem of His robe. So, what stopped Jesus in His tracks? When all the debating of these questions is over, all that is left is a desperate woman, with a grave need, destitute of…
Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12-13, NKJV) I am always amazed at the number of special days that are commemorated in any given month. This month we can celebrate World Teachers Day, National Mule Day, and Treat Yo’ Self Day—just to name a few of the multitude of special days. If you aren’t all celebrated out by the end of the month, in…
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8, NKJV) It was always God’s plan for the gospel to reach beyond Jerusalem. As we learned in yesterday’s devotion, persecution made that happen. As believers scattered in an ever-widening circle, revival followed. After all, Jesus Himself told them that they would be witnesses in Judea, Samaria, and to the end of the earth. He allowed circumstances to push them into their mission. Philip was…
