Recent Devotions
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34, NKJV) When God created our world, He gave us days and nights, hours and minutes. God could have spoken the world into existence in just one blink if He so chose. Instead, He created days for our benefit. He is not bound by time, but it puts order into our lives. “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day” (Genesis 1:5). Yesterday we…
“The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.” (I Kings 17:16, NKJV) Yesterday I organized the shelves of my pantry, checking expiration dates and organizing my canned goods by food types.…
“And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the LORD was with him.” (I Samuel 18:14, NKJV) The amazing thing about the Bible is it tells things like they are—the good, the bad, the ugly. It shows us the ugliness of man’s sinful nature, but it also allows us…
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“For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!” (Psalm 95:3-6, ESV) I have never been invited to dinner by royalty or a head of state. Should this ever happen (it won’t), I will immediately search out all the information I can find on proper protocol for such an occasion. Much…
“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank….” Daniel 1:8 For the last two weeks, we have been reading news reports of the athletes who have competed in the Olympics. We were discussing what these young people sacrifice in order to train for these events. They are willing to give up a lot of other things in order to excel in the sport they love. No doubt there were times when they would rather have just thrown in the towel and gone…
“But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions…” (II Timothy 3:10-11). How well do your friends know you? The people at work? What about those at church? Do they know what you believe and how you live your everyday life? In the verses above the apostle Paul made a very inclusive statement. He is saying, “You know what I believe, how I live, my purpose in life, how I show the fruit of the Spirit in my life, and the way I face trials.” Paul lived transparently before those to whom…
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” I Thessalonians 5:18 One morning I was changing the sheets on my bed and as I was tucking the fitted sheet under the mattress, I began to think of how we used to only have flat sheets on our beds. No matter how carefully we tucked them in as we made the bed, we would often wake up in the night to find them pulled out and we were lying on the mattress. At home I shared the bed with two sisters, so…
