Recent Devotions
When I was eight, I wanted to ride my older sister’s ten-speed bike. I didn’t want to ride a kid’s bike; I wanted to be a big kid! One Friday afternoon, my dad unsuccessfully tried to teach me how to ride the ten-speed. After falling off and running into a sticker bush, I gave up. Hurt, bleeding, and crying, I finally gave up my dream of riding my sister’s bike. I remember coming into the house crying and angry about this one obstacle I couldn’t get past. I walked into the house feeling defeated and the scars to prove it.…
“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?” (Luke 15:4, KJV) We would complain if we worked all of the required hours and…
“The Lord satisfies us each morning with His unfailing love so that we may sing for joy to the end of our lives” (Psalm 90:14) When we rise in the morning, “Give me Jesus.” As we go through the day, exciting or mundane, “Give me Jesus.” At the end of…
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“Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.” Acts 9:25 This story in Acts 9 almost sounds like something we would read in a suspense novel. Saul has made some enemies in the city, and they are planning to take his life. Fortunately, he has some friends, who live near the edge of the city and in the night, they put him in a basket and let him down from the window so he can flee the city. Recently our pastor was teaching on this chapter in Acts, and he made…
“Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.” Colossians 3:14 CEV In the coming weeks there is the possibility that people will be more at odds with one another, throwing hate filled words at each other like rocks. The world is in chaos, and the church is being called to arise in the midst of it all. So what should our response be? Love. Our prayer should be that we view others as God views them. We cannot allow ourselves to be forced apart by opposing political views, beliefs and morals. We are called…
The timing of our words, it really is all in motive… “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver” (Proverbs 25:11, KJV). “The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry, And a wise friend’s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger” (The Message). Through my own shortcomings I am learning that our words need to not only be kind and true but also need to be the right word at the right time. Sometimes we can choke out the tender plant if we try…
I guess I could be considered a morning person. There’s just something about the freshness of a new dawn that energizes me. Morning time is when I prefer to tackle projects that need my attention (just don’t talk to me for the first hour – I also love the stillness of the morning). My energy is at peak, and my mind is fresh from sleep. Morning also brings about a fresh perspective on things that may have been bothering me the night prior – situations over which I am fretting or answers that I am seeking. The light of a…
