Recent Devotions
“That my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:11). Everyone wants to be happy, but each of us defines happiness differently. Some base their happiness level on what they possess. Happiness is a new pair of shoes, a sporty car, the latest electronics, or designer clothing. In their vocabulary happiness equals possessions. Others seek happiness through travel, entertainment, relationships, or accomplishments. They believe circumstance rather than any inner quality brings happiness. Neither viewpoint ever seems to have “enough.” Happiness becomes elusive. Finding happiness True happiness cannot be bought. Motivational speaker Denis Waitley stated…
“Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.” (Acts 10:20, NKJV) Have you ever been comfortable in your routine and then God jolts you out of the ordinary with a special assignment? Perhaps that assignment seems to defy logic—at least from our human…
“Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16, ESV) Are you a procrastinator? I confess; I put off certain tasks as long as I can. (Think doing my tax return, cleaning my storage area, or making a business call that will mean a long…
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Leviticus 19:14 MSG “Don’t curse the deaf; don’t put a stumbling block in front of the blind; fear your God. I am God.” I’m going to be completely honest, I had to get a little help with the spelling of the word “conscientious.” While I’m sure I’m absolutely not pronouncing it correctly, I do understand it’s definition. According to Dictionary.com, to be conscientious is to be governed by conscience, controlled by or done according to one’s inner sense of what is right; principled. When I read the above scripture, I noticed how it says not to curse someone who is deaf,…
“Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:15-16. In the beginning when God created the earth, it was all darkness. What did God do to get rid of the darkness? He created light – two in fact, the sun to rule the day and the moon by night. We all know that the moon has no light…
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 Much of this whole Sermon on the Mount is directed to the religious leaders of Jesus’ day and their emphasis on outward cleansing. Jesus stressed the importance of having their hearts right with God, and not depending on their actions. In other words, blessed are those who do the right things for the right reasons. Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” When Samuel was sent to anoint a king to replace Saul, he looked at the sons…
“For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.” I Chronicles 15:13. The NLT puts it this way: “We failed to ask God how to move it properly.” David had made a place in Jerusalem so that he could bring back the ark which had been captured by the Philistines many years earlier. He was so anxious to get the job done that he failed to find out how it should be moved. So, the first time he tried, carrying the…
