Recent Devotions
“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 a few well-known Bible characters and what they experienced. I intended to look closely at Hebrews 11, and I was having a struggle to start writing. Then the Lord dropped two words into my mind, – Strange Requests. The more I thought about it, the more Bible names kept coming…
“And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.” Hebrews 11:39-40 If you have been reading the devotions each day this week, you know that all the people…
“And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon….” Hebrews 11:32 This summer, our pastor has been preaching a series of messages from the Book of Judges and the past two have been on Gideon. His story is interesting and teaches us some…
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“God is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t worry.” Deuteronomy 31:8 MSG I’m a simple kind of girl. A plain Jane if you will. So when I read scripture like this, in this translation – I really get it. This is as simple as it gets folks. God is walking ahead of you. That unknown territory that you are fearfully tiptoeing through right now – He’s already been there. He knows exactly where You are, and what you are feeling and facing. If God…
“Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding” (Proverbs 23:23). Truth according to Merriam-Webster is sincerity in action, character, and utterance. The state of being the case: fact (2): the body of real things, events, and facts: actuality (3) often capitalized: a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality. We live in a day when many have adopted a lie as truth, and claim there are no absolutes. Our laws, education, life styles and even religion have been rewritten to accommodate and have been built upon whatever feels right with no absolutes. Many do not know the price that…
“But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.” Exodus 2:15-17 God had a plan for Moses’ life, and the enemy tried to stop it right from the beginning. Moses’ mother found a way to protect her boy and as a result he was raised…
“O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes take delight in following my ways.” Proverbs 23:26 Sometimes we over-complicate things. Okay, most of the time we over-complicate things. We as women tend to overthink things, and our imaginations can sometimes get the best of us. I always struggled with “what does God want from me?” I was always searching for this deep, profound answer. Boy, was I off base. I always thought He wanted me at my best, slaying giants and conquering mountains. In reality, I was setting myself up for failure because I have experienced the valley…
