Recent Devotions
By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life. (I Timothy 6:19, NLT) I have a few family keepsakes that I treasure. They have little to no monetary value, but they do hold sentimental value. You might look at them and see nothing more than worthless junk. To me, they are part of my family history. These “treasures” include a set of chicken salt and pepper shakers, a chipped butter dish, a mantle clock that no longer keeps time, and an old platform rocker. The…
“I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.” (Psalm 119:158) Being a prophet of the Lord did not come with a glamorous job description. In fact, their popularity ratings would have been very low if such things existed in Bible times. Many times, the message…
Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.” So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up…
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Exodus 14:22-25 MSG “The Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground with the waters a wall to the right and to the left. The Egyptians came after them in full pursuit, every horse and chariot and driver of Pharaoh racing into the middle of the sea. It was now the morning watch. God looked down from the Pillar of Fire and Cloud on the Egyptian army and threw them into a panic. He clogged the wheels of their chariots; they were stuck in the mud. The Egyptians said, “Run from Israel! God is fighting on their side and against Egypt!” The Israelites were…
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Micah 6:8 Back to the scripture we used in the first of this series, knowing that we can apply these same principles to our lives today. DO JUSTLY Proverbs 20:7 “The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.” The Book of Proverbs is full of words of wisdom as to how we should live our lives honestly before the world. We are the…
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.” Isaiah 43:2 My childhood was not ideal. It wasn’t absolutely terrible, but it wasn’t great either. My coping mechanism (or what I thought was my coping mechanism) was to put up walls and just always expect the worst. I never allowed myself to have hope, because, well.. what was the point? People let me down, my family had…
Proverbs 16:4 “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps” I’m not the type of person that likes to have plans set in stone, nor am I completely a free spirit. I’m somewhere right in the middle of let me know where to be and when, and let’s take it as it comes. It’s an entirely different story when it comes to God’s will for my life though. I panic when I can’t see what He is doing in my life, and I struggle to give Him full control. I try and take matters into my own…
