Recent Devotions
“One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.” (Psalm 145:4, NKJV). Every generation has the potential to be the last generation of truth if we do not intentionally pass on our knowledge of God. If we truly believe this, then we will do everything within our power to impart biblical truth to those who follow. One of the saddest commentaries of one generation failing another is found in Judges 2:10. “When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which…
“Give us day by day our daily bread.” (Luke 11:3) A little water and a morsel of bread. That is all the prophet Elijah asked from the widow woman. A simple request, but it was not an easy one to fulfill. Times were worse than difficult; they were desperate. Because of drought and famine, food was…
“He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13, NKJV) ACHAN’S STORY Joshua 7 tells us the story of Achan, a man who thought his secret sin would stay a secret. When the children of Israel went up against the city of…
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“…I make all things new.” Revelation 21:5. This week in Maryland has been wonderful; there is a gentle zephyr that invites warm weather, buds are forming on the ends of barren branches, and green shoots are rising from the ground—all promising a change in seasons. We have shining yellow daffodils blooming in our front yard, giving hope for what is to come; Spring. My husband and I took our daughter and son on a walk a few days ago and it felt so good to have the warmth of the sun beam down on our faces. The wonderment in their…
2 Corinthians 10:5 declares, “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” Our minds are so powerful, they can allow untruths to take root to where we will begin to believe a lie. We can imagine the craziest things and even talk ourselves out of the blessings of God. The word of God commands that we need to cast down every imagination. When fear begins to pillage our faith, or when we have succumbed to worry it is important to have an awareness…
“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” 1 Corinthians 5:8 The seven feasts can be organized into three sections of time. At the beginning of the year, it was the Feast of Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of First Fruits. The Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately follows the Passover and lasts seven days. In Exodus 12, God commands His people to remove all the leaven from their homes and eat only unleavened bread, or bread made…
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field… Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it” (Matthew 13:44–46, KJV). “But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:20–21, KJV). In two short parables,…
