Recent Devotions
Does the Proverbs 31 woman make you feel inadequate? Do you feel like you will never be as talented, productive, strong, caring, and fearless as this woman? If you see this chapter as a laundry list of to-dos for women, you might end up feeling guilt or resentment. However, recently I learned that Jews see this chapter differently. Proverbs was a Jewish book for about one thousand years before Christians appeared on the scene. So today, let’s look at how they view Proverbs 31:10-31. Verse 10, in the King James Version, reads “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her…
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23). No matter what we face, dear sisters, keep your unswerving hope in Jesus. Are your circumstances insurmountable? Anything is possible for our God! My husband, Darrell, and I are going through an experience…
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 In the last few days, we have taken a journey into the past and looked at…
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“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18) In Luke 17:12-19, Jesus was making his way into the city where ten lepers lived. When they saw Jesus, they cried out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” The highly contagious leprosy had caused repulsive nodules, bumps and the rotting away of their skin. Jesus healed them and then told them to go to the priest, as was the custom, to be declared clean. Once the priest declared them clean, they no longer had to live isolated. Out of the…
“And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.” (Luke 18:37-38) How busy is your schedule? Most of us feel harried and hurried with a “to do” list stretching much too long. Our day is full—no room for “non-essentials” and certainly no interruptions from others. Jesus also kept an incredibly busy schedule. The task before Him, to bring salvation to the world and to train disciples who could carry on the work of establishing the church, was an awesome responsibility to crowd into three short years.…
It was still dark as Mary made her way along the path to Jesus’ grave in the early morning hours. When she arrived, she saw that the stone was rolled away, and Jesus’ body was gone. Crushed by the weight of her caring she came crying, where is Jesus? When the disciples went home dejected, Mary stayed. And then someone spoke. “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Mary begged the stranger through tears to tell her where the body was taken. With just one word, he responded: “Mary.” There was something unique about the way He said…
In the children’s book, “The Little Engine that Could,” the small train is chugging uphill, chanting the entire way, “I think I can, I think I can.” Eventually, when it reached the top, the train said, “I KNEW I could!” The premise is, of course, that with faith and confidence in your abilities, you can do things that seem impossible to tackle. When the man whose son was possessed by a spirit came to Jesus, he stated, “If You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” The man had SOME faith, or he would never have come…
