Recent Devotions
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4 The word delight signifies intense pleasure. There are many things that we delight in. We delight in spending time with our family. We delight in gathering with friends for fun and fellowship. These are things we enjoy, and they satisfy needs in our lives. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17 When we give our lives to Jesus, our desires change. We no…
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.” Psalm 37:3 Trust is firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Think of all the things that you have trusted already today. You pressed a…
“A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” Psalm 37:1-2 This month the daily Bible reading has been in the Book of Psalms, many…
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“Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Psalm 25:4-5. Like most of David’s psalms, this one is a prayer. David starts out by declaring his personal relationship with God. He uses the words “my God, I trust in thee.” So many people today use the words “my God” in daily conversation, but David used it here as a recognition that he knew God intimately. It was not spoken lightly, but in sincerity. It…
Several years back, the Lord started really dealing with me to study the subject of being an encourager. Though I had spent most of my life in ministry trying to help others, I felt a special need to explore the topic even deeper than I had currently known. One day I purchased an old book while at the thrift store called, “Encouragement- The Key to Caring” by Dr. Larry Crabb and Dr. Dan Allender. It changed my life! It also became a newly-cherished treasure to add to my personal library of books. The things we will explore today did not…
“No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand.” Isaiah 40:15 My family loves going to the beach, it’s one of our favourite summer activities. We don’t swim or even really go in the water, we just enjoy sitting in the sand. My oldest daughter loves to build sandcastles and build trenches, while my three year old enjoys exploring. Even now, in the dead of winter with snow all around me,…
“May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you” (Jude verse 2, English Standard Version). The above verse in Jude sounds like a greeting inside a Christmas card. It’s that time of year when warm thoughts and good wishes surround us. After all, at this season we remember the Child who came as the Prince of Peace to a world desperately needing peace. It was true 2000 years ago when the angels announced His coming, and it is still true today. Jude is a tiny book in the New Testament, only twenty-five verses in all. Yet within this short passage,…
